YKPA helps street children in Bali.
We provide shelter for sick, tired, or traumatized children, usually against the orders of their boss. We provide a caring home, schooling, and a new life, currently for 12 children in the orphanage. For children not yet able to leave the streets, we offer reading and math classes on a tarp at the beach
Underlying all our work is HIV and abuse prevention; the hope of stopping young girls becoming prostitutes, and teens becoming begging 'bosses' of their younger siblings.
YKPA needs help to continue and to grow. Funds for basic needs are not sure, there are many more children needing help, and projects aimed at prevention require funds. YKPA is an Indonesian non-profit organization and is non-denominational.
MISSION: To give loving support, education, care, and skills for disadvantaged children to have the opportunity of a satisfying and productive life as good citizens
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The Yayasan home for street children must be moved by May 2010 due to high rent.
To keep our kids from returning to the streets, we must raise money to buy or rent a new building,
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STREET CHILDREN PROJECTS |
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Beach school
Bali street children want to learn but have no opportunity. We give once a week reading, math, and art classes on the beach or in city slums. The children receive nutritous meals, get injuries assessed, practice new social skills, and learn to trust the staff and volunteer teachers...(more) |
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Shelter / Group home
Street children have difficult lives, being caught between various abusive adults. They need a safe loving home, access to learning, nutrition, health care, social skills, etc. We opened our home as a shelter...(more) |
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Teens read
Young street children grow into their teens no longer looking cute enough to beg successfully from tourists. They can, however 'boss' a younger sibling to beg for them, continuing abuse of another generation, or they can enter sex-related work. They cannot read but want to learn... (more) |
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Sponsoring
Many children in Bali can not go to school or finish even elementary school because of their families poverty. Street children can not go to school for more reasons. It costs very little to help a child have the chance of education... (more) |
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Village poverty
Street childrens problems start in their poor villages. Helping them stop being sent to the city to work in the streets requires that poverty and lack of education improves in those villages. We are learning how to help, and initailly... (more) |
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Birth defects / Unrepaired injuries
When we find village children with untreated birth defects or old serious injuries, we asist the family to obtain free surgical repair, also provide pre/post support, stays at our Group Home, transp...(more) |
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Skills Training
An education is important of course, but in Indonesia, it doesnt mean a better job. However, having a marketable hands-on skill and business know-how will insure an adequate income. We are starting apprenticeships and business training...(more)
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Income producing project
The children's artwork is popular with tourists, and has turned into greeting/Christmas cards and a calendar.
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Deaf and blind children assistance
YKPA has joined with a local performing group of deaf students to assist t the opportunites of our en. More information coming soon.
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Street Children Dance Group
After many months of dance classes, the Yayasan children now are giving Balinese dance performances at various venues around the area.
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