Education Fund for 25 High School Students in Bali

Dear Donors and Friends of YKIP,

May this report finds you well.

it has been a while since we haven't sent you a message about what happened in our KEMBALI Scholarship Program. We are happy to inform you that we have distributed the scholarship to 482 students in Bali from January- Mid February 2022. 

We started the scholarship distribution on January 15 by distributing the scholarship to the students in Kuta and Sanur area, then continued to Bangli, Karangasem, and Gianyar.  The distribution ended in Tejakula, North Bali on February 5, 2022. Unfortunately, on the last day of our distribution events, the government announced that the stricter restriction was applied that day due to the emerging case of the Omicron variant. Since then, the students are required to study from home again. 

You might remember that in December 2021 YKIP conducted the "Youth Career Planning Workshop" for the students in grade 12 to give them information about scholarships available and preparing for their next step into the career of their choice. The students were actively participating. As an appreciation for their participation, YKIP give out some gifts to those who asked questions or share their experience during the event.  

In a few days, YKIP will start the fourth quarter scholarship distribution for the academic year of 2021-2022. We will keep you posted.

Thank you for your kind support of this scholarship program. If you don't mind, please share this KEMBALI Scholarship Program with your friend, family, and colleague. Your Support is highly appreciated.

Stay safe and healthy,

YKIP Team 

Dear Friends of YKIP,

May this project report find you well. 

Despite the restriction in Bali, YKIP managed to conduct our scholarship distribution in November 2021. Starting from November 6, YKIP distributes the scholarship to the students in all our project areas. Reached all students under KEMBALI Scholarship Program. On this second-quarter distribution, YKIP distribute the transport allowance to the students as they started the offline study. Most schools now implement a hybrid study method, where the class is divided into smaller groups and they need to study in shifts. Those who are not on a schedule to study at school, still need to attend the online study. YKIP hopes that this allowance will help them to cover the transportation and internet expenses during this time. 

With 482 students from elementary to senior high school under the KEMBALI  Program, YKIP scheduled the distribution until the end of November, with one week break due to Galungan and Kuningan religious festival. By the end of November, we have distributed the allowance to all students. Besides the allowance, we also give prizes to our students who got the best mark in the program area. in total, there are 36 prizes to be distributed, for thirty-six students who got the best mark in the previous academic year.  

We also collect a letter from the students, and we have a letter from Ronald, a student who is sponsored by you through GlobalGiving. Here is Ronald's letter for you:

" Dear donors at GlobalGiving,

How are you? Are you doing good? My name is Ronald and I live with my parents and one younger sister. Now I study in a vocational high school in Denpasar. My family's condition is fine, despite the uncertain condition. 

I love to play soccer because when I was young, my father always bring me to play soccer with his friends. I watched him play and sometimes he taught me to play also. Because of the experience, I become interested in playing soccer. Once, my friends and I joined a soccer competition and we won the competition. I would like to be army personnel in the future. A long time ago, when I spend the night at my aunt's house, I saw some army personnel running, passing my aunt's house. Since then, I always aspired to be a soldier.

Since I was in grade 8, I have been studying at home due to the pandemic. I think studying at school is much better. I understand better in offline class and I could discuss the subject with my friends. however, I try my best to study online. My school now is starting the offline classes and I am happy because I could learn face to face, and study better. I hope the pandemic will end soon so I could study at school every day again.  

Thank you for supporting my education. I promise you that I will study hard and your support to me is not in pain. I wish you good health and may God bless you."

Ronald

*the letter has been edited for clarity without changing the context. 

Thank you for your support of our KEMBALI Scholarship Program. See you again in the next project report. 

May you and your loved ones are always healthy,

YKIP Team