Dear Friends,

Welcome to the May 2004 edition of the YKIP newsletter. In this issue, we’ll look at the new projects that YKIP has funded for 2004 and what our plans are for the future. For more details, please visit our website: http://www.ykip.org.

For those of you who may be reading our newsletter for the first time, the name of our organisation, Yayasan Kemanusiaan Ibu Pertiwi (YKIP) translates from the Indonesian language to mean the Humanitarian Foundation for Mother Earth. It is a non-profit organization created by a group of Indonesians and expatriates in Bali as an extension of their personal efforts to provide some relief and comfort to the victims and their families in the first traumatic days of the Kuta bombing tragedy of October 12th, 2002.

YKIP's original purpose was to provide direct material and medical assistance to Bali's injured victims who were unable to support their families as well as assistance to the families of the deceased, and in the longer term support for the whole Balinese community by developing projects to improve the island's existing medical infrastructure and services. This work is intended as a living tribute to those who were killed, injured or lost loved ones in a disaster that forever changed the lives of so many innocent people in Bali and aboard.

YKIP is proud to be a community based foundation that is so kindly supported by many good people from within and outside Bali be they Balinese, Indonesians, local expatriates or citizens of the world and funded by the generous donations of organizations and individual well-wishers everywhere.

WORKING WITH THE ANNIKA LINDEN FOUNDATION

The Annika Linden Foundation (ALF) was founded in 2003 to honor the memory of Annika Linden, a young woman who perished in the Kuta bomb blast. Her fiancé, Mark Weingard and mother, Elizabeth Linden are now working to help rebuild Bali by donating funds to sustainable projects in the fields of education and children’s issues.

In 2003, YKIP received a very generous donation of $100,000 from ALF (for the Children’s Education Trust and MREC) and for 2004 has also received an additional $100,000 (please see below)

We are very grateful for the continuing support of the Annika Linden Foundation.

NEW PROJECTS in 2004

Upgrading the Community Medical Clinic in Legian
A brand new building has been built in Legian that will house the Puskesmas Plus (Legian Community Health Clinic). This clinic is meant to be a model for all of Bali as it will be equipped with modern equipment and some of the nursing staff will be sent to Royal Perth Hospital in Australia to be trained on this equipment. YKIP/ALF is partially supporting the equipping of this clinic as well as funding the nurses’ training in Australia (with in-kind donations from the Royal Perth Hospital in Western Australia)

PUSKESMAS PLUS: Community Medical Clinic in Legian
YKIP has allotted funds to build a Waste Water Garden at the clinic; ground will be broken for this sometime in May 2004 (for more information on Waste Water Gardens, see www.idepfoundation.org/wwg).

YAYASAN RAMA SERANA: Pasar Badung’s Women’s Clinic
Low income women in Bali have little access to decent health care. Having a reproductive health care clinic in the busiest marketplace on the island is a stroke of genius. The market vendors can come up to the 4th floor in their spare time, get counseling on everything from self-breast exams to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and what to do about them, and even get prescription drugs at below retail costs, thanks to funding from YKIP-ALF.Yayasan Rama Serana has built a Women’s Clinic on the 4th floor of the Pasar Badung (main market in Denpasar). Under the supervision of dr. Upadisari, this clinic has been in operation since September of 2003. It is open three days a week. YKIP has purchased a five-month supply of medications that are given out or sold on a sliding scale basis to clients, the majority of whom come from low-income families.

The idea of this clinic is a brilliant one: to provide information about sexually transmitted diseases and reproductive health as well as provide low-cost or free medications for problems concerning the reproductive organs. Pap smears are conducted here as well. This health clinic is housed on the 4th floor of the Pasar Badung, Bali’s largest traditional market. All of the services are either low-cost or free and serve over 3,000 women vendors and their customers.

YKIP, in association with the Annika Linden Foundation, is funding a full year of the “Improving Reproductive Health and Empowerment of Market Women in Bali through Information and Health Services” project of the Yayasan Rama Sesana, with commitments for further funding in 2005 and 2006.

Please see the website for details.

YAKKUM Prostheses Workshop

YAKKUM was established in Surakarta, Central Java with the aim of helping impoverished, physically challenged children in obtaining new skills and self-confidence. Aside from outfitting the children with prostheses (and having the children themselves make them), new skills such as leatherwork, handicraft and prostheses production are arranged for the children. YKIP is helping YAKKUM build a new prosthetic and orthopedic workshop in Bali so the children do not have to go to Java for the procurement of their prostheses.

YKIP/ALF has funded this in its’ entirety.

YAKEBA (YAYASAN KESEHATAN BALI) DRUG, ALCOHOL AND HIV/AIDS AWARENESS IN THE SCHOOLS
This is an interactive project whereby a “teenage-friendly” doctor goes into a school with former drug addicts and an upbeat attitude and a commitment to helping teens learn about the dangers of alcohol and drug use and how these can lead to HIV/AIDS. The doctor provides accurate information relating to HIV/AIDS & drug abuse; thereby increasing the students “awareness” of the current situation in Bali. This is done with cartoons and funny charts via an Overhead Projector with the doctor constantly asking the students questions about themselves and the material. Those students who answer correctly get a “door prize”—writing utensils, notebooks and the like. Those who answer incorrectly are given the right information.
The former addicts then “talk story” – telling of how they got involved with drugs and how it ruined their lives. The addicts are in their late teens or early twenties and easy for the students to relate to ---and listen to (an important factor when dealing with teens).
The students are provided with a list of people and organizations for obtaining further information ~ in particular for those who already have emerging drug/alcohol problems as well as referral information about drug rehabilitation, HIV antibody testing, youth sex education etc
YKIP/ALF is funding this for 2004,2005 and 2006. With this funding YAKEBA will be able to reach over 6,000 junior and senior high school students a year.

NORTH BALI WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE
North Bali is one of the most impoverished parts of the island of Bali. This project will train and equip two midwives to help detect breast and cervical cancer and many forms of STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases). Free exams and pap smears will be given to the local women as well as free educational programs to inform these women and their partners about reproductive health.
YKIP/ALF is committed to funding the equipping and training of these midwives and assisting in funding lab work for three years.

YKIP ADMINISTRATION
Now that YKIP has a part-time CEO, funds are needed for her salary and expenses as well as for standard operating costs. The Annika Linden Foundation has committed to funding half of these costs for the next there years and the Casa Luna Relief Fund (CLRF) has committed to assist with funding so that an administrative assistant/accountant can also be recruited. Many thanks to ALF and CLRF!

CHILDREN OF NATALIE JUNIARDI
Natalie Juniardi was born an Australian citizen but is now a naturalized Indonesian citizen. Her husband, John Juniardi was killed in the October 12th Kuta bomb blast. Their eldest child Kiola, is now 3 ½ years old and Jay born 5 months after John’s untimely death is now 1 year old. It was Natalie and John’s dream to send their children to an English speaking school in Bali. Following the October 12th tragedy Natalie who has become a sole income earner remains committed to staying in Indonesia, where her children can be close to their Indonesian grandparents and their Australian grandparents who currently reside in Jakarta.

The commitment of YKIP-YKIDS is to school the children of the bomb victims. However, the agreement is that the children will only receive an education commensurate with their current living standard at the time of the bombing, so that parents. cannot insist on their children be schooled at an international school. Natalie is an exception to this rule as she is the only non ethnic Indonesian widow. The schools that she would like to enroll the children in are beyond the highest stipend offered to the other widows, which is about Rp 250,000/month (US $30/month).

Natalie at present is receiving assistance from YKIP-YKIDS in meeting the costs of playgroup for Kiola. This will continue until July 2005.

The Annika Linden Foundation (ALF) has agreed to provide US $ 2000 per year for three years starting 2005 till 2008. This will cover the cost of Kiola’s fees commencing kindergarten and primary school at Gandhi School in Denpasar, an offer that Natalie appreciates greatly.

YKIP is continuing to support Natalie in helping her to secure further funding to offset her boys’ educational needs beyond 2008. All funds donated for this purpose will be managed by YKIP in a separate interest bearing account.

Education as we all recognize is a means to overcome injustice, poverty and ultimately ignorance. We all share a common goal of providing as good an education as we can for our children; please assist us in helping to bring Natalie and John’s dream to reality.

EAST BALI POVERTY PROJECT

The Annika Linden Foundation has pledged to donate US$40,000 a year for three years to various projects run by the East Bali Poverty Project (www.eastbalipovertyproject.org). The EBPP was set up by David Booth to assist the poorest (and most inaccessible) villages in Bali. EBPP has built roads, schools and libraries and with the assistance of ALF will be able to continue their good work. YKIP is administering specific projects for the ALF.

ONGOING PROJECTS

Children's Educational Trust Fund
In a long term, collaborative effort, this project provides educational funding and support for the many children of victims, who were killed, injured or who are still missing after the bombing. YKIP joined forces with KIDS (Kuta International Disaster Scholarship, set up by volunteers from COURTS, an international chain of furniture and electronics shops) to create the YKIP/KIDS Educational Trust Fund. Given the very young age of some of the children concerned, this project will need to have a life span of at least 21 years, another sign of the long road ahead for YKIP. We give support either by direct payments to the schools concerned or through Educational Savings Certificates (Tabungan Pendidikan) with Bank Niaga. All school fees, extra lessons, extracurricular activities, school uniforms, shoes, books and stationary are paid for by this fund.

When this project began, we were supporting 130 children (50 children who had lost a parent and 80 who had parents who were injured). The parents of 71 of the latter group have returned to work (most of them worked at Paddy’s Club and have returned to work at the new facility). YKIP/KIDS will no longer be responsible for the children’s education, which was already agreed upon between YKIP/KIDS and the parents from the beginning. Therefore, at the end of this current school year (June 2004), YKIP/KIDS will be supporting the 50 children in the original group plus an additional 9 children whose parents are permanently injured and cannot work.

Aside from the educational support, YKIP/KIDS also sponsors outings twice a year where the children and their families are brought together to celebrate recent birthdays, enjoy a meal together and play games. This year two parties have been held: one was a farewell party for those children whose parents returned to work. This was held at Kentucky Fried Chicken in Sanur on March 10, 2004. The children received school bags and shoes. The other one was held on April 25, 2004 for the 59 children and their families. Thanks to the generous support of Yani and Nigel Mason of Bali Adventure Tours, the families were able to see the Elephant Show at the Elephant Park in Taro. Lunch was sponsored by Ibu Warti Catering of Denpasar at the Pondok Pekak Children’s Library in Ubud, where birthdays were celebrated with a grand cake and entertainment provided by the Grup Gedebong Goyang (“Swinging Banana Sisters”).

Our field officer, Putu Sherlyana, has been kept quite busy in providing school payments for this semester and organizing YKIP/KIDS’ activities. There are many volunteers from COURTS who help set up the activities and work with the families (and the accounting that goes with this project!) and we would like to acknowledge them here: Chairperson Sara Pramana, who spearheaded the original KIDS project and continues to tirelessly give of her time and energy, Suyasning (Advisor), Purwanto Sudjianto (Vice Chairperson),Maya Sofianti (Secretary), Nugroho Wisesa (Assistant Secretary), Bob Bratadjaja (Treasurer), Nur Vitria (Assistant Treasurer) and the PR team (Kadek Sudiasih, Lita, Kadek Wintari, Marwata and Ariwan) and IT team (Nanang and Made Sujana). And a very big thank you to Totok Sudarmanto of PT Mitrais who has spent countless hours working with the accounts. Thanks to all of you for doing such a great job!

Long Term Medical Training - Medical Library This project’s purpose is to provide and to equip a medical reference and education center (MREC) housed at Udayana University Medical Faculty. YKIP is working closely with a number of doctors from the university medical faculty and hospitals in Bali to implement a program to improve training for Balinese doctors, medical students and paramedics, both here and overseas.

It provides students and medical personnel with better access to information in Medical Science since the MREC is equipped with comprehensive facilities such as online Medical References, the latest edition of books, and ten computers with internet access. Special English programs and a fully equipped language lab are on the same premises as the library to assist students and medical staff in upgrading their English skills. YKIP plans to sponsor courses, fund research grants and seek donations and tutorships from fellow medical faculties and institutions overseas.

There are currently 36 candidates being interviewed for the position of librarian/researcher. We hope that by the beginning of June there will be six librarians in place searching the internet for relevant medical materials to share with professors and students.

Mark Weingard from the Annika Linden Foundation officially opened the Medical Reference and Education Center on October 13, 2003. He said he could think of no better way of honoring the memory of his fiance, Annika and all the other victims who had died in the bombing. Through the generous support of Mark and his Foundation, MREC will be able to serve as a fertile ground for local medical genius.

YKIP’S FUTURE PLANS

At its’ annual board meeting on April 28, 2004, YKIP decided that its focus would be on education and health issues on Bali. We are planning on funding more projects in 2004 (contingent on financial support) and hope to start a new scholarship program for impoverished children in North and East Bali.

DONORS

Most of the projects listed above are being funded by the Annika Linden Foundation/Mark Weingard. Working together with ALF, YKIP is able to fund a number of small projects and continue the MREC Medical Library project. The generosity of Mark Weingard is very much appreciated from many quarters.

PT Mitrais (a software development house) has generously contributed office space, phone lines, computers as well as thousands of staff hours from their volunteers to ensure that the vision of YKIP is carried out in a professional and appropriate manner. We would like to thank all of those at Mitrais for their tireless efforts, in particular David Magson, Wiwie Harris, Totok Sudarmanto, Ken McClennan and Hasto.

The Casa Luna Relief Fund -- which was set up right after the bomb blast in Ubud, Bali -- is assisting with administration costs – a big thank you to CLRF!

Since the bomb, we have been blessed with donations, both large and small, from all over the world. Our website lists each and every donor (http://www.ykip.org/dnt_donors_monetary.asp) . We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all our donors, no matter what size or shape of the donation—you are helping to make people happier and healthier!

There is still so much to be done and so many people to help. We need human resources to assist us in carrying out worthwhile projects as well as the financial means to fund them.

We are working on registering as a not-for-profit in both Australia and the United States in order to facilitate donations from those two countries.

If you can assist the people of Bali in some way, your generosity will be greatly appreciated. We hope that you will help us in our efforts by contributing to the YKIP General Fund.

Financial contributions to YKIP may be made at either of these banks in Bali.

May we also ask you to forward email this newsletter to your family members, friends and business associates who may be interested in supporting the work of Yayasan Kemanusiaan Ibu Pertiwi, YKIP, in Bali.
Thank you for your continuing interest and support and please do not hesitate to contact us if you have queries or suggestions regarding the contents of this newsletter. If you would prefer not to receive a copy of this newsletter in the future, please let us know at the email address below.

Until the next newsletter in September 2004, our kindest regards,
The YKIP Management Team