2011VOLUME 2

FEATURES:• EveryDealCounts:RESET’sCHARITYDAY• TheLandMarriage-AnnikaLindenCentre• InterviewwithDr.Sari-YRS• TheYAKKUMWheelchairProject• Fullprojectupdates

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2 Editor’s letter3 Update from the founder4 RESET’s CHARITY DAY8 The Land Marriage - AL Centre10 Yakkum Bali11 The Wheelchair project12 YPK 14 Interview to Dr Sari16 Kembali17 ‘My Story’ by Ni Made Kristinayanti19 BHA Scholarship Program20 KIDS21 ‘A letter to Papa’ by Bagus Aryadana22 EBPP26 Goodwill27 Books of Thailand28 Dasra - Maze Maher30 CORP31 Prenana32 Salaam Baalak Trust - Sankalp

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Edittor: Matt ThorpeContent: Matt Thorpe, Rucina BallingerDesign and Production: Agustin Alvarez

Below: Annika Linden

Welcome to the second edition of AL magazine. As we approach the end of 2011 we are busy finalising submission plans for the Centre and getting construction underway. As we publish this edition the site office and work camp have been set up on adjacent land and construction is about to begin.

12 October marks the anniversary of the 2002 Bali Bomb. This year I attended the ceremony at the Australia High Commission with Mark, Rucina and Agustin. It’s an emotional day as we remember Annika and the others who lost their lives that day. It is also a day to reflect on the positive that has come out of that tragedy and to resolve our determination to create a force for good through the work the Foundation is supporting in Bali and across Asia. On page 21 is an extremely moving poem written by Bagus Aryadana aged eleven who lost his father in the bombing when he was just 1 ½ years old.

December is an important month for us as RESET, the new company formed after Mark sold his company Switchfix to ICAP, holds its annual Charity Day. The Foundation receives a substantial amount of funding from this event and on page 4 you can find out more about RESET and their valuable contribution to our funds.

This issue Rucina Ballinger explains the “Marriage to the Land Ceremony”. A number of us participated in this; we all had to wear ‘temple clothes’ (sarong and head gear) and participate in the rituals, which consisted of placing significant offerings in a strategically placed hole which I then proceeded to cement into the land. We weren’t sure that we’d positioned the hole correctly and were relieved to find out we were almost ‘spot on’ when we confirmed it with the architect.

Also in this issue we focus on the people who run the projects as well as some of the people who benefit from the services they provide. Our partner focus this month is on Dr Sari who is the Director and Founder of YRS who provide clinical reproductive health services to the women in the largest traditional market in Bali. We also hear from Ni Made Kristinayanti, a student who received a Kembali scholarship, she tells us how much of an impact this scholarship has had on her studies and her family.

As usual we also provide updates from all our projects in Indonesia, Thailand and India. Enjoy this edition of the magazine and remember to pass it on to others.

LETTER FROM THE FOUNDERtHE bAsEbALL And tHE bAt

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September 11th 2001 is a dark day that will resonate through history. But even on a dark day the sun can rise and illuminate the sky.

In those days I was running Switchfix, a very small brokerage business with just 4 employees including myself. We used to run our business only

on Mondays. It was an electronic broking system but nothing quite like the fast, smooth running systems today. In fact it was quite a manual process used and we’d spend most of the night checking all of the trades by hand to ensure that there were no errors.

I was in New York on a marketing trip. I was due in the World trade Centre that morning to visit Fuji Capital markets. Due to the volume of trades we had sent out our results very late and I hadn’t slept at all. I placed a call to an office downtown and told them that I was late but I was on my way. I was told not to come as disaster had just struck. A plane had struck one of the towers. I turned on the television as the second plane struck. It was a day of shock and awe. I finally got off Manhattan later that day and went to stay with a good friend of mine, Deron Siddons aka ‘Sid’. Sid had literally run through the smoke and past the burning buildings to escape. I told Sid that I didn’t want to watch the television and he decided that we would escape the following day and in typical ‘Sid style’ we went fishing with his kids. We didn’t catch anything, needless to say, but that day I decided I needed to make a response. The following week we had a charity week and we gave away all of our revenues to a charity to help the families of the victims.

One year, one month and one day later, a personal tragedy befell me. My girlfriend Annika was killed in a terrorist attack in Bali. The morning after the attack I flew over to Bali to look for her. At the end of the day I realised that there was no chance of finding her alive. I went back to my room to contemplate

life. I remember walking out of the shower. I was just wearing a towel around my waist. Suddenly the door of my room flew open. I got up and walked outside into the hallway to see what was going on. As I stood in the hallway, my bedroom door slammed shut. I was stuck in the hall of the hotel half naked and locked out. As I walked to the reception to get a new key, I couldn’t help laughing, I realised that Annika was playing her last practical joke on me.

I went back to my room and sat down and began to write down my thoughts. I decided I was going to do something positive to counter this negative act. If someone throws a ball at you and you just hold out a bat in response, that ball will fly back using that same energy. I decided to set up a charitable foundation in Annika’s name and fund it through my business interests by holding regular charity days.

Our little company Switchfix merged with ICAP and became RESET and this week RESET will be running their Charity Days for the eleventh time. The funds that have been provided by RESET and Switchfix have funded nearly all of the work of the Annika Linden Foundation in its first 7 years and today it represents half of its funding. I wish you all luck on December 5th and 7th and I will personally pledge from my own companies an equal amount to match Reset’s contribution as an incentive so I hope that many customers can participate.

Next year we will open the Annika Linden Centre in Bali and we will rename the foundation the Inspirasia Foundation. I would like to thank the wonderful employees and customers of RESET who have provided the means to inspire and benefit so many people’s lives.

Thank you, without your help none of our good work would have been possible.

MArk WEingArdFOUNDER

One of the major sources of revenue for the Foun-dation comes from RESET. Each year RESET holds ‘Charity Day’ (though in reality this is held over seve-ral days). The entire staff gets behind this and urge customers to put as much business into these days as possible.

The total revenue from these desig-nated ‘runs’ go directly to the Founda-tion, following their mantra “Every Deal Counts”.

The Foundation, their partners and the thousands of people who have benefited from their generosity are extremely honored to have RESET’s ongoing support.

In November 2006 the two leading companies in re-set matching, Switchfix and ICAP FraCross, merged to form RESET. Combining many years of experience and expertise RESET is now the market leading ex-pert on fixing risk management.

Following the outright purchase of RESET by ICAP plc in 2008, we are very pleased that we have continued on our association with the Annika Linden Founda-tion, which goes back to 2003, and as a result we have enabled the Foundation to carry on the great work that it does.

We are extremely proud to be able to say that since 2006 RESET have raised over US$4.75 million for the foundation. This has only been possible with the ge-nerous support of our customers and staff. Without them the Foundation would undoubtedly not have been able to change the lives of so many people for the better; our heartfelt thanks go out to them all.

Our next Charity Day is on December 7th 2011 and once again we ask all our customers and our staff to help us raise as much as we possibly can -- every do-llar we raise is passed on so please remember “Every Deal Counts”.

For further information on RESET or ICAP please see the following websites: www.reset.net www.icap.com

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Every Deal Counts:RESET’s Charity Day

Part of the RESET team and friends in one of the last visits to the projects

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Mark “Moth” Reeves

“I would like to say a big ‘thank you’ for all the fantas-tic work the Foundation has done. It has been truly inspirational to visit many of the projects in Bali and see firsthand the results of our charity day efforts and how they can improve the lives of so many people”

Toni Marques Casey

“I have participated in 3 Charity days so far while at RESET but this year’s will be particularly significant af-ter having recently visited some of the great projects that are funded in Bali. I really was very impressed by the wonderful work being carried out!!!”

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Gary Grella gets down with the kids at a Drugs Awareness Campagin at a Balinese school

Witness statement on drug and aids issues

By Rucina Ballinger

In Hindu Bali, it is common to hold a “Marriage to the Land” ceremony before starting any building; this occurs whether or not you are purchasing or renting the land. This is to ensure that the relationship between the “owner” and the land spirits will be a fruitful and stable one.

YKIP employee Achmad Fatoni and ALF Consultant Rucina Ballinger spent many months combing the area of Tohpati and Ketewel (strategically located outside of Denpasar and central for most clients and staff) for just the right parcel of land to house the soon-to-be-built Annika Linden Centre.

Some potential land had no decent access road, others weren’t the right size, others were within a Green Belt; it was as if the story of Goldilocks and the

Three Bears was being played out only with land and not beds! Finally a nice parcel of 33 are (3,300 square meters) was found hidden behind a storefront in the village of Tohpati.

Negotiations began with the owner I Nyoman Jigra and his family. Jigra is nearly 80; his son is a farmer and his grandsons work in sales and a non-profit. As they live near the land and Jigra is a priest, ALF will work closely with them to ensure that the spiritual needs of the land and the building are properly met. The family has been invaluable in easing the ALF into the community.

After all the paperwork was done, it was time to find an auspicious day to hold the Balinese rituals. The ALF team was coming in from around the world for the anniversary of the 2002 Bali bombings and we were hoping that a “good day” would be found during that week. We were lucky that the Full Moon (indeed auspicious) fell on October 11th, one day before the anniversary.

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Three rituals were held on this day:

1. First, as the land had originally been ricefields, the goddess of rice, Dewi Sri, had to be “moved” to a temporary shrine in the NorthEastern corner of the land. This was done through offerings made of cut out coconut leaves, fruit, flowers, incense and holy water, all officiated by a local priest.

2. Secondly, the spirits of chaos that live on every bit of land, had to be “neutralized”, again with offerings (not in the Hollywood fashion!) so that they will not come back to cause mischief.

3. Thirdly, the planting of the first stones (a brick and a black stone, wrapped in ceremonial white cloth with offerings) had to be planted. And here we faced a small dilemma. The architects had not arrived yet (due to Bali’s latest phenomena: horrendous traffic jams) so we had to figure out where the most northeastern part of the building would sit so we could plant there.

Agustin found a small stick in the grass and used it as a measuring tool on the blueprints to ascertain how many meters in we would need to plant. A tape measure was borrowed from the neighbours and then Matt and Agustin plotted it out.

The digging commenced. The stones were planted. Everyone, from ALF staff to the family to drivers helped cover the stones. The architects arrived and determined that, yes. the location was perfect! The Gods were smiling on us.

The building of the foundation commenced on November 14, 2011. We shall be updating its’ progress through this magazine.

Mark your calendars for October 2012 for the Grand Opening!

Previuos page: The ceremonyAbove: The offerings and the first stones planted in the field

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yakkum bali has been funded by the ALF for the past six years and in that time over 1000 people with disabilities have been treated.

From July – December 2011, YAKKUM Bali went through a fantastic period of change. It began with research conducted by YKIP’s Sri Damayanti and her SWOT analysis that showed where YAKKUM’s strengths and weaknesses lie. This was coupled with the trainings and support of Dasra Social Impact’s Joseph de Wolk, who has been helping all the ALF partners with their strategic plans. A new Wheelchair Program was instigated with United Cerebral Wheelchairs for Humanity that has a factory in Jogjakarta (see separate article).

Our routine activities continued, with 48 new clients bringing the total to date of 1,133 persons as assisted.Gerry Brown, an AVI Volunteer worked from July-December on our database and trained Agustin, a new staff member in database management.

Jenny van Ordop worked with YAKKUM for three years on Soft and Hard Skill training for our clients; she went back to Holland mid-year after transferring her knowledge to the YAKKUM staff.

Director Latra participated in the BEAT (Barrier free Environment and Accessable Transport in Malaysia; other staff also participated in national workshops, one of which was conducted to lobby the Indonesian government to ratify an amendment on disability (it was passed in August).

YAKKUM is expanding its’ distribution of prosthetics to the island of Sumba and hopes that they will be able to assist the 70 people that have asked for prosthetics in the not too distant future.

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By Danielle Sturevski (Yakkum Bali)

The World Health Organisation estimates that 1 out of every 300 people, or 20 million people in the developing world require a well-fitted, supportive, functional wheelchair [WHO Wheelchair Provision Guidelines, 2008].

Given that the population in Bali is approximately 4 million, it can therefore be estimated that just over 13,000 people within the island of Bali alone require appropriate wheelchairs – a service that is not yet provided by anyone!

Being a local NGO committed to improving the lives of people with physical disabilities throughout Bali and striving towards an inclusive society in which people with disabilities are treated equally and provided with the same opportunities as others, YAKKUM Bali acknowledges the importance of addressing this complex situation.

In response to this, YAKKUM Bali has recently partnered with United Cerebral Palsy Wheels For Humanity (UCP WFH) and will implement the first wheelchair services and provisions program throughout Bali.

Building local capacity so that local staff are qualified to assess for and provide appropriate wheelchairs has therefore become a priority and particular focus at this point in time.

UCP WFH is currently facilitating their Intermediate Wheelchair and Services Provisions Training Course with a group of 12 Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Prosthetics & Orthopedics (P&O) Technicians from a variety of organisations throughout Bali.

After successfully completing the 3 month training course scheduled to conclude December 2011, therapists will be qualified to provide appropriate wheelchairs (supplied through UCP WFH) that meet the users individual needs and environmental conditions of use; provide proper fit and postural support; are safe and durable and can be obtained, maintained, repaired and services sustained in country at an affordable cost.

This is an inspiring project that has the potential to positively impact not only individuals but families, communities and societies. Being one of the most commonly used assistive devices for enhancing personal mobility, which is a precondition for enjoying human rights and living in dignity, the wheelchair assists people with disabilities to become more independent and productive members of their communities –it is a huge step towards inclusion, participation and the breakdown of negative stereotypes and stigma associated with disability.

Danni Sturevski is an Occupational Therapist volunteer from Australia who has been working with YAKKUM Bali over the past 15 months to initiate this project. She now assumes the role of Wheelchair Program Manager under the sponsorship of the ALF. Following the training she will coordinate the first pilot distribution of wheelchairs, evaluate effectiveness and develop systems to ensure the programs sustainability and growth so that in the future YAKKUM Bali can fulfill its dream of expanding their current P&O workshop to include local manufacturing of appropriate wheelchairs in Bali.

YAKKUM Bali aspires to provide wheelchair services island-wide to all 13,000 people with disabilities who need them.

They then hope to expand services outside the island to other regions and become a leading NGO in the disability movement throughout Indonesia – especially since the government’s recent ratification of The Convention on the Rights of People With Disabilities.

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Left: Bagia, the painterNext page: YPK art class

YPK Bali has been proactively seeking out people with disabilities in need of rehabilitation. After a first assessment in the Southern area of Bali, we found children with a range of disabilities, including cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and bone deformities. Some of the children met with are now attending rehabilitation at YPK.

YPK has also been working with YAKKUM and YRS, other organisations funded by ALF, to improve the health outcomes of our clients.

We are working with YAKKUM to provide better access to wheelchairs and with YRS to share reproductive health information with our clients.

YPK is always looking for ways to publicise its work and engage with the local community. To celebrate Indonesian Independence Day (August 17), YPK provided free medical checkups for the entire community at Kesiman Kertalangu village.

To celebrate Indonesian Children’s Day in July, YPK staff, volunteers and clients attended a show in Denpasar. The event was filled with performances by talented children, many of them with disabilities, including some of YPK’s young clients.

In September our Mobile Therapy program expanded into the Karangasem Regency - Bali’s eastern-most

regency. There the Mobile Therapy team went to the Happy Bridge Foundation for disabled children in Candidasa.

Two of our students, Reta and Bagia, have a lot of artistic talent. Seeing their talents and interests, YPK has been supporting them to develop their skills in painting.

yPk bali works with children who have Cerebral Palsy (CP) and other nervous disorders. Daily educational classes are provided to these children who would otherwise not be able to go to school as well as intensive physiotherapy. Physiotherapy for the community at large is also made available.

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Dr Luh Putu Upadisari ( Dr Sari ) was born in Bali and became a MD in 1991. After graduating, she worked in a variety of medical facilities and was the coordinator of a HIV/AIDS Prevention Pro-gram with AusAID.

Since 2003, Dr Sari has devoted her full attention on helping women with Reproductive Health issues, specifically those in Traditional Markets in Bali. Cu-rrently, her career is dedicated to develop YRS. In 2009, Dr. Sari was elected to be a Fellow of Ashoka Indonesia for her innovative enterprenership.Dr. Sari has the hopes and aspirations to develop YRS activity throughout traditional markets in Bali and even Indonesia.

” I am Dr Sari, the Founder and Director of YAYASAN RAMA SESANA BALI (YRS )We provide clinical reproductive health services to low income women at two of the largest traditional markets in Bali. Since 2004, we have provided health to more than 7,000 women for reproducti-ve health services such as Family Plan-ning, Pregnancy, Early Cancer detection, STIs, HIV and domestic violence.

Throughout this year, we have provided educational programs in 8 additional traditional markets in Denpasar. During the next 5 years, starting in 2012 we will expand our clinical services to all traditional markets in Bali.

. Describe some of the key issues you are aiming to resolve with your organization

The transmission of HIV / AIDS in the last 5 years has spread to housewives who contract it from their part-

ner. From data obtained, it shows that 1.2% of preg-nant women in Denpasar are infected with HIV.

Cervical cancer is still the No. 1 cause of death in wo-men, and data in a large hospital in Bali showed that 70% of women with cervical and breast cancer came in at advanced stages (stage 3 and above) which are difficult to cure with devastating effects.Reproductive health care problems is often fatal for women due to lack of knowledge about the impor-tance of women’s reproductive health and women’s lack of access to information about reproductive health.

. How many people are there in your organization?

YRS has a board consisting of three persons. The daily management team consists of the director, a program manager and nine other staff (administration, nurses, doctors, lab assistant).

. What motivates you in working with YRS?

I want to help women better understand their re-productive health so that a healthier generation will exist.

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. What are your goals for the next 12 months?

In the next 12 months I plan to expand YRS services in traditional markets in another such as Singaraja, North Bali.

. What are the biggest challenges you face?

1. Program Challenges:One of the major issues is that talking about sexuality is a sensitive topic in Balinese society; many people still feel it is a taboo subject. Therefore, when talking about reproductive health issues in the community, the strategy requires a specialized cultural approach. In the market, the women are used to using negotia-tion as a process of communication. Our field staff use this approach as well.

2. Staff challenges: The resistance of staff: Because our activities are carried out in traditional markets, it can be difficult to find staff who want to work in such an environment. Most people want to work in a more typical office setting.

3. Funding Challenges: because the program provi-des services mainly in populations can not afford to pay, the majority of the funding activities rely solely on outside funding assistance. Dependency on outside funding forces us to have to think about and

strive to find solutions to ensure the sustainability of activities.

. What makes your organization different from others in this field of work?

The differences between YRS activities with other organizations working in the same field is that our activities are carried out by a direct approach to target women in the places they frequent and work: Traditional Markets.Our services are wholistic as we not only provide clinical assistance, but also information, counseling and examinations, and explain thoroughly about the health issues facing the client. We also make sure that if a client is infected with a STI or HIV, that their sexual partner also get treated.We also have a Peer Educator program, where eleven vendors, university students and housewives are trained in disseminating information about our ser-vices in the community.

. In what way can people reading this help?

When people hear about YRS through mass media (brochures, internet, television, radio), word is spread through word of mouth. The more people that hear about our services, the better we can serve them and the more they can know about their health.

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KEMBALI’s back to school program provides

children from Grades 1-12 with basic educational needs all around the island.

The new school year began in July 2011, with ALF sponsoring 265 students, consisting of 48 in primary, 108 in junior high, and 109 in senior high school. YKIP distributed school supplies, schoolbag, uniforms, stationery, socks, shoes, vitamins, and education allowances to cover tuition, books, a school saving plan, and daily snack money.

At the distribution, YKIP also handed out prizes for students with the best grades achieved over the previous two semesters. Two of the three KEMBALI best of the best are ALF students! They are Ni Made Suwijati, a ninth grader with an 86 on her report card, and Ni Made Kristinayanti who just graduated high school and got an 85 last year.

Wayan Mirayanti

Try to imagine walking three kilometers to school on a daily basis, knowing the nearest Junior High School is ten kilometers away and the Kembali distribution meeting point is twenty!

This is what Wayan Mirayanti, aged 9 with her 8 year old sister, Kadek, have to deal with. With no parents, they have to live with their extended family. Mirayanti is in her second year as a KEMBALI- sponsored student, thanks to the Annika Linden Foundation.

In the last two semesters, Wayan was able to get excellent marks on her report card (8 out of 10). To appreciate her good work, YKIP gave her a cute stuffed animal for her as well as to her little sister as a motivator to follow the same path of the older sibling. YKIP hopes that by providing them with educational opportunities, they will be able to graduate high school.

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By Ni Made Kristinayanti (Kembali Student) I begin my personal story from the time prior to re-ceiving a scholarship from YKIP until the present time: post high school and working.

It’s still fresh in my memory when I just graduated from primary school; my parents had no idea where I would continue school. They didn’t think they could enroll me in a public school since the school was quite strict about school payments being on time, whilst private school wasn’t really an option even though I had excellent grades. My parents worked as laborers with only US$ 84 income per month com-bined to feed four family members. I was proud of my parents’ final decision to risk enrolling me at the pub-lic school, even though they had to borrow money from others.

One day, I was surprised to hear that I was the recipi-ent of a scholarship from YKIP. I later found out that my brother gave my name to the village official who was collecting candidate data. I was so happy since it meant it could reduce the burden of my parents in paying school expenses. I was also happy to know that YKIP provided me with a package of school sup-plies every year so that I didn’t need to worry about that and could focus on my studies. I was fortunate I could keep up my grades, not to mention that I also made being one of best of the best students in this program more than once. I was so excited when I re-ceived a bicycle as a reward for my academic perfor-mance when I was in junior high school.

For high school, I went to a vocational high school majoring in finance. I performed very well averaging 8 on my report cards each semester. However, taking the national final exam was the most satisfying part. It was as if my arduous studying from primary school had finally paid off for this three day event! Finally, I could exhale a long breath when I found out I passed the exam! Not to mention that I also got my first job as a marketing staff at PT Dialogue Garmindo Utama. Now I am hoping I will be able to help my family and also could save some of my income to be able to con-tinue my education someday.Thank you YKIP, thank you Annika Linden Founda-tion!

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baliHEArs (bH) is a program dedicated to helping impoverished people with hearing disorders to be able to hear better and integrate into society. Programs include the Infant Hearing Program at Sanglah and other hospitals, Community outreach, boosting educational materials and capacity building for Special Needs teachers, and fitting and provision of hearing aids.

Besides ongoing free hearing aids services for the underprivileged at the BaliHears Rehabilitation Center that is set up at the Jimbaran School for the Deaf, BaliHears, under the directorship of Dr Bulan Trisna Djelantik, ENT, also arrange visits for hearing tests and hearing aid fitting. In September 2011, three students of the Driaraba Blind School in Denpasar were found to be hearing impaired and were fitted.

A three day workshop on “Guidance for parents of young deaf children” was held in July. The participants were eager to use the principles in their every day work with deaf children.

In August, new teaching materials for Indonesia language for primary school level were distributed to all deaf schools on the island.

Every month, ear and hearing health services at rural health centers are organIzed in cooperation with the Committee for Prevention and Management of Hearing Impairment (Komda PGPKT). The mobile van is donated by ALF, ENT residents and an audiology technician examine patients at the centers and perform ear wax cleansing and hearing tests of students at nearby schools.

From September – November, 78 Hearing aids have been distributed, 78 Ear Molds ordered, of which 39 have already been distributed and evaluated. 85 persons have had hearing tests. 150 patients were examined in the outreach program and 180 school children examined.Two outreach programs were conducted to Baturiti II Health Centre and to the Elders Group in Ubud.

bALi HotEL As-soCiAtion (bHA) project offers up to 8 scholarships annually to STP, Bali’s premier hotel

management school. Scholarships are offered to Balinese students with re-latives working in one of the 105 BHA Member Hotels.

ALF has been funding the Bali Hotels Association (BHA) Scholarship program from 2002 up to the pre-sent with a total of 79 students.

There are 45 active BHA Scholars with five expected to graduate in 2011. As of April 2011, 23 students have already graduated from STP Nusa Dua, one of Bali’s Tourism Colleges. These scholarships are provi-ded to children of hotel employees.

New Students for academic year 2011 – 2012

On 09 June 2011, BHA and team selected 15 new scholars - 8 scholars with Full sponsorship and the other 7 with Partial Sponsorships from the Annika Linden Foundation. These students do internships at starred hotels throughout Bali while participating in a three year college hotel program.

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Graduation’s day in STP, Bali Tourism Institute

This program focuses solely on the survivors from the Bali bombings of 2002 and 2005 by providing educational scholarships and workshops to the children of the bomb victims.

Part of the program is to maintain solid relationships with all the families by visiting them on a regular basis. Program Manager, Sri Damayanti (“Ida”) does this on a rotating basis for those who live on Bali and once a year goes to East Java to visit the survivors there.

This year she went with fellow Program Officer Achmad Fatoni in early October to monitor the children’s performance at school, and to distribute the school supplies for the children who could not come to Bali for the 2010 KIDS Gathering that was held in June 2011, where all the families come together for fun activities as well as to receive school supplies.

Every year on October 1 and 12th, Bali Bombing Commemorations take place. This year the commemoration was centralized at the Ground Zero, in Legian, Kuta.

All the KIDS’s families gathered together at the monument and prayed together for the spirit of the victims and for the strength to carry on with their lives.

Nine out of 48 students were successful in achieving outstanding grades on their academic performance ranging from Primary School through to university. That one fifth of these students are doing so well is a testament to their willingness to do well.

At the end of November 2011, KIDS organized a parenting workshop that was held in conjunction with YRS so that the women in KIDS (parents and older students) could learn more about their reproductive health.

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Next page: One of the KIDS’s children, Bagus Aryadana, read poetry for his beloved late father.

Below: KIDS Bomb survivors in group prayer at Ground Zero

A Letter to Papa

One and half years old I was at that moment,I never understood the meaning of tragedy,I never understood the meaning of my mom’s tears,It has been nine years now,My waiting never ends,I could hear the story only from my momThat my father cared and loved me so muchAnd I could hear the story only from my brotherThat my father spoiled me so muchBut, I kept waiting for his returnTo bring me a nice toy

At the age of eleven years old,Now I know and understand,The tragedy has separated me, my mom, and my brother from you, oh my beloved father forever.

No chance anymore to show my respect to you,No chance anymore to kiss your hands,You have returned to your creator

Today, I stand here,At the same place and on the same date,when you were fighting to keep alive.Here, I give you my promise,I will look after my mom for you my father.I will try my best to achieve my goal that is inspired by your goalThat will make me to become a faithful sonI will never stop praying for youI pray that you will always have peace at the God’s side

As a proof of my love and respect to you.

David Booth MBE, an English expatriate, together with some concerned Indonesian friends created the East Bali

Poverty Project (EBPP) in 1998 to work within the poorest communities on the island to alleviate malnutrition and lack of access to basic services.

EBPP’s strategy is to work with communities to identify their particular problems and develop attainable goals in accordance with their aspirations. They aim to build sustainable programs that will empower individuals and result in self-reliance.

The Annika Linden Foundation currently funds Maternal Child Healthcare and Playgroup program, the Outreach Dental program, Children’s Organic Garden, Community Organic Garden, Manikaji

Integrated Education and Senior High School scholarships.

In the educational programs, 18 ALF sponsored children graduated senior high school and ten others in primary and junior high school passed their exams this year.

ALF is sponsoring professional training classes in Karate and the students are raking in the medals.

The EBPP Dental Programme serves 7,000 students in 42 Kubu region schools and by the end of October 2011, EBPP dentists have treated 4,000 students with 99 extractions, 252 fillings and 2,839 good dental health.

Music Education development in all EBPP schools has provided professional training to over 150 students.

On 28th October 2011, 46 10-18 year olds represented EBPP’s 6 schools at The Bali Garden Party to showcase their amazing musical talents and entertain almost 200 children from other impoverished regions.

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EBPP’s midwife has been very successful in attending all 27 POSYANDU (baby weighing) programmes each month to provide prenatal checks and education.

The EBPP prenatal curriculum focuses on an optimal 4 visits to complete a comprehensive mother educational program ranging from delivery planning, to breast feedings and post partum contraception use. The physical assessment and follow up recommendations are charted on the EBPP pregnancy charts.

With the recent opening of a private birthing clinic, a 30 minute drive from EBPP Ban office, providing free government funded deliveries, almost all women are now opting to give birth at the clinic. The occasional home delivery is now limited to women who cannot make it in time.

As of September, 2011, ALF sponsored play + learn groups are being held monthly in all 27 Desa Ban posyandu. These playgroups provide a previously unavailable enriched environment for the young children.

On any given day, as one approaches the posyandu, children’s voices and giggles can be heard as they sing songs that teach them to identify body parts, colours or to count to ten. They also learn basic hygiene including the importance of washing hands with soap and water before eating, brushing teeth twice a day and caring for a minor cuts and scrapes.

In 2012, a component will be added that teaches the mothers basic home health care.

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EBPP’s Children’s Latest Academic Achievements

In 2011, ALF continued sponsorship of all children in EBPP’s Manikaji Mekar School and final year high school students in EBPP’s Cegi and Pengalusan schools. We are proud that all ALF students taking 2011 government exams graduated their respective levels, as follows: • Manikaji: 7 Elementary school, 3 Junior high school and 4 Senior High School• Cegi: 5 Senior High School• Pengalusan: 9 Senior High School

In total, 18 ALF sponsored children graduated senior high school, in addition to 11 sponsored by other EBPP donors.

First University entrant from EBPP programmes

EBPP are proud that I Wayan Lias, starting as a 8-year old illiterate boy in EBPP’s new Cegi School in April 2000, graduating high school with ALF sponsorship, started university in Singaraja in August 2011 studying Fine Arts and teaching with the goal.

After his 4 years study, to return to Ban village to teach art in schools and communities and build on the Art Cooperative he created with fellow students in 2009.

Karate Black Belts and Competition Medals

Since 2006, INKAI karate has been the main sport for all EBPP school students with professional weekly training classes by 3rd Dan INKAI karate champion, Mangku Pasek. We are proud that three EBPP final year high school students, sponsored by ALF, Gata from Manikaji & Mudita and Wenten from Pengalusan, got their INKAI Black Belt at a national exam in Bandung early 2011. At a Bali Province competition in Gianyar in October 2011, Gata got the Gold Medal for “Kata Perorangan Putra” and Silver Medal for “Kumite Putra” and Mudita got Bronze for “Kumite Putra”.

Dental Programme serving 7,000 students in 42

By the end of October 2011, EBPP dentists have treated 4,000 students as follows:

Thanks go to EBPP’s dedicated dentists and health team, especially the dental awareness and education programmes and the examples of good practice introduced also to mothers in our 27 Posyandu throughout Desa Ban.

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Music Education development in all EBPP schools

158 EBPP students above 10 years from all 6 EBPP schools have had weekly music classes in their curriculum since January 2011, led by professional music teachers Elia Simantov and Bambang Sri Handoko and 3 EBPP staff. With only 3 guitars, a keyboard, 160 donated recorders, donated Djembe drums and varied percussion instruments, our children have learnt very fast and many can already read music and are good recorder players. Bambang and our music team will soon start teaching our most talented students to play classical guitar as extra-curricular acitvity on non-school days. On 28th October 2011, 46 10-18 year olds represented EBPP’s 6 schools at The Bali Garden Party to showcase their amazing musical talents and entertain almost 200 children from other impoverished regions. We hope that in the near future they will be invited to perform in 4 & 5 star hotels once a month or so, as a way of promoting themselves and EBPP programmes, raising funds and creating their own professional futures and supporting their families.

Maternal Child Health (By Dr Denise Abe)

EBPP’s midwife has been very successful in attending all 27 POSYANDU programmes each month to

provide prenatal checks and education. The EBPP prenatal curriculum focuses on an optimal 4 visits to complete a comprehensive mother educational program ranging from delivery planning, to breast feedings and post partum contraception use. The physical assessment and follow up recommendations are charted on the EBPP pregnancy charts. With the recent opening of a private birthing clinic, a 30 minute drive from EBPP Ban office, providing free government funded deliveries, almost all women are now opting to give birth at the clinic. The occasional home delivery is now limited to women who can not make it in time.

Playgroup - Play + Learn Groups - at the Posyandu (by Amy Cardamone)As of September, 2011, ALF sponsored play + learn groups are being held monthly in all 27 Desa Ban posyandu. These playgroups provide a previously unavailable enriched environment for the young children. On any given day, as one approaches the posyandu, children’s voices and giggles can be heard as they sing songs that teach them to identify body parts, colours or to count to ten. They also learn basic hygiene including the importance of washing hands with soap and water before eating, brushing teeth twice a day and caring for a minor cuts and scrapes. In 2012, we will add a component that teaches the mothers basic home health care.

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Established in Bangkok in December 2000, goodwill group is a private, non-religious Thai foundation whose mission is to improve the quality of life of disad-vantaged Thai women via free skills tra-ining and career services. In addition to being a place to learn new skills, Good-will Group is a community center where young women can come and seek ad-vice and empowerment from the tea-chers and each other.

Utilizing a highly-skilled volunteer teaching corps, Goodwill provides quality free English training. Com-puter skills classes, vocational training and job place-ment assistance are also available here.

Their volunteer-based operating model allows them to help quite a few at a very reasonable cost.

The Annika Linden Foundation has been able to as-sist Goodwill in its invaluable work by providing an 8-unit networked computer lab as well as staff.

We are pleased to be able to help this fledgling orga-nization leverage its already significant resources and increase its value to its students.

New branch opening in Ubon Ratchathani province

Goodwill had its new branch opening in Ubon Rat-chathani in Isaan province on August 24, 2011, as many of the women who came to Goodwill- are from this province. The vision of Goodwill is to extend help and opportunity not only to disadvantaged women who migrate to work in Bangkok, but also to prepare and educate young women in their original villages. The new location is wonderful. The office and work-shop areas are set up and the three spacious clas-srooms have desks, whiteboards and wireless inter-net. The computer lab is equipped with 10 PCs.

Our new branch located at: 1 Surapol Road, Tambon Naimuang, Amphoe Muang Ubon

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Life Inspiration Project, supported by Starbucks Thai-land and ALF

This project is supported by Starbucks but staffing is paid for by the ALF. The purpose of this project is to inspire women to take on a new career path in small enterprise. A number of workshops have been held. The result was satisfactory and there was a possibi-lity to continue with phase two on product develop-ment and finding market channel. On October 16th, the last activity of the ‘Life Inspiration Project’ which assist in developing their enterprenuerial skills.In October 2011, a product contest was held whereby the participants’ products were evaluated by a panel of judges.

GOODWILL GROUP FOUNDATIONEmpowering Disadvantaged Thai Women

Participants of the workshops

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books for thailand Foundation

Despite the havoc of Thailand’s worst flood in 50 years, Books for Thailand Foundation’s distribution in-ched up to 12,020 volumes in 2011 (for 2010: 11,844 volumes), though the number of receiving institu-tions dropped to 112 from 129 in 2010 as teachers focused on saving their schools and homes.

The Foundation observed UNESCO’s International Li-teracy Day (September 5), inviting clients chosen to show the diverse markets served by the Foundation. That day, 2,005 volumes were given to 13 institutions, including 3 secondary schools in Surin province, in Thailand’s arid and very poor northeast. The Surin teachers were overjoyed to see our books – they’d been expecting second-hand volumes and in small quantities -- not new, up-to-date titles in such large quantities.

All three Surin teachers came on travel grants which the ALF very generously gives to those needing it to come select books that best meet their readers’ needs. Each grant covers basic transportation, room and board from the client’s school to Bangkok and back. Each teacher selected 130 books. Virtually no school the Foundation serves can afford to buy books such as those that the Foundation gives out, because each volume costs about a week’s inco-me at minimum wage levels.

As the floods began, Books for Thailand gave books for children to read at a temporary day care center established by McThai (McDonald’s local representa-tive) for evacuees.

At press time, the Foundation was coordinating with ALF, The Asia Foundation, The Nation Group, and the American Chamber of Commerce to help rebuild the libraries of flood-damaged schools.

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dasra is India’s leading strategic philanthropy foundation. They work with philanthropists and successful social

entrepreneurs and bring together knowledge, funding and people as a catalyst for social change.

“Either find a way, or make one”. The above quote was displayed at the Fountainhead Leadership Centre, where Cohort 6 from Dasra Social-Impact (DSI) par-ticipated in the inaugural workshop this past Octo-ber. 41 promising social entrepreneurs from across the country participated in our executive training program to accelerate their respective social impact – gaining additional knowledge and skills to equip themselves to deliver their solutions towards a bet-ter society. Over the next 6 months, Dasra will pro-vide managerial support to this group and will pro-vide mentors who will contribute 5 hours a month and provide strategic and tactical mentorship to this group of bright social entrepreneurs. The support from the mentors will enable them to access funding and scale their activities.Three of the organizations that ALF is supporting in Mumbai are going through the DSI program. Dasra continues to work on our cutting edge research reports and have recently launched our latest report entitled, “Owning Her Future.” Our research process takes 4-6 months, and highlights the most effective interventions and finds scalable organizations that can make a large impact in the social sector. “Owning Her Future” focuses on the challenges for adolescent girls living in Bihar, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh – the states with the greatest discrimination against girls – and the most effective interventions to improve their lives. To learn more about our research reports, plea-se visit www.dasra.org/Reports. Dasra is also excited to be planning for our annual event, the Indian Philanthropy Forum (IPF), which serves as a global exchange platform for cutting edge philanthropy, showcasing a range of innovative ap-proaches to giving that can foster lasting social chan-ge in India. The last IPF Annual Event, held in Mum-

bai on June 29th 2011 received sponsorship support from several notable corporates and foundations including Bain & Co, Barclays Wealth Management, Edmond de Rothschild Foundations, Godrej Group of Companies, HSBC, Piramal Foundation, Standard Chartered, and TB Alliance. This year’s event will take place on March 20th-21st in Mumbai.

Maze Maher is a home for girls in need of care and protection, regardless of cas-te, creed or religion. It provides shelter to girls from 6 to 18 years of age at Ka-lacwouki, Mumbai. They are under the guardianship of housemothers.

All the girls get food, shelter, education and a lot of love in an atmosphere of complete freedom and a sense of belonging.

The last three months were mainly spent in final exa-minations followed by a vacation during the Diwali festival celebrated all over India with new clothes, fi-recrackers and a lot of merry making. Some of the girls participated in a camp at Khandala, a hill station near Mumbai.

The ALF has been assisting with repairs on the shel-ter, which is now 80% completed.

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...iNDiA pROJECTS UpDATECommunity ou-treach Programme (CorP) has worked since 1977 to pro-vide a platform for the holistic deve-

lopment of women, children, and the communities in which they live. Begin-ning with only one center and three staff members in Asia’s largest slum, Dharavi, they now work in 13 slum communities across greater Mumbai, with a total of 20 centres and over 70 staff members.In 2011, ALF is funding a day centre for children with physical and mental di-sabilities; this centre is situated in the heart of the Dhravi slum.

CORP engages with 145 special needs children in Mumbai, India with the goal of providing a dignified life. These children with disabilities face significant hardships as their families live below the poverty line.

They are deprived of education, healthcare and nu-trition.

We integrate them into regular schools and also pro-vide additional tutoring. We also facilitate with the provision of professional courses in computers, fas-hion and Interior Design and assist with gainful em-ployment opportunities.

At the project, the children regularly undergo me-dical check-ups and treatment. Those with hearing and speech impairments receive supportive aids and therapy.

This past quarter, 10 hearing impaired children pas-sed Standard 10th Exam with distinction. Now they are studying at college.

27 youth completed vocational trades, such as tai-loring, beautician, embroidery, jewelry-making and computers.

A total of 50 children including physically challenged and hearing impaired children were taken for a 5-day camp at Childrens Campsite, Vasai-Mumbai.

Below: CORP children

Prerana works since 1986 to establish and uphold the rights of fe-male sex workers and their children in red light areas. In Prerana

responds to their issues by providing need-based solutions, e.g. the world’s first Night Care Centre for their children, and an end-to-end approach to end se-cond generation trafficking of children, Post Rescue Operation Intervention for rescued girls and young women, After Care Programme for young women, and Pratishtha (Dignity) a residential voca-tional training centre for young women. Prerana has consistently provided path-breaking interventions and comprehen-sive protection and support services to over 7500 children facilitating their de-velopment and integration into mains-tream society.

In order to de-link the child from the red light area, Prerana strives to help the mothers consider the op-tion of shifting the child away from the red light area into a place that can provide long term residential care and development. This is done through the Insti-tutional Placement Program (IPP).

TARGETS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE IPP PROJECT (June to September 2011)

There are now 25 institutions in and outside Maha-rashtra that are part of the referral network for long-term care of youth and children. A total of 32 new youth and children from both the project areas were referred to various institutions using the placement protocols developed in the previous phase. Around 200 youth and children already referred for long-term care were followed-up through regular visits to these institutions by the social workers.

The team also managed to successfully open savings accounts in State Bank of India (Mumbai Central Branch) for 4 mothers. This will help the mothers sta-bilize their finances as well as secure their children’s future, since children are named as nominees.

The team conducts Life Skills Education sessions for children in 2 shelter homes: BJ Home and Pratham. There were a total of 6 sessions held during the re-porting period.

On 10th August 2011 a mothers’ meeting was held at the Falkland Road centre. This meeting was orga-nized by the Institutional Placement Program team for those mothers who had placed their children in boarding homes. Some of the mothers were atten-ding this meeting for the first time as their children were placed in institution in the last two months. The-re were 27 mothers who attended the meeting.

The team presented 17 cases for the Child Welfare Committee (an arbitrating body that is set up by the Government under the purview of the Juvenile Jus-tice Act, 2000). These cases pertain to children who were in need of care and protection.

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salaam baalak trust – Mumbai opened its first center in 1989 as a result of the

film, Salaam Bombay!, by Mira Nair, Di-rector. In the last twenty years, the Trust has helped thousands of children come off the streets and into a safe and nurtu-ring environment. Today SBT provides a holistic safety net of services catering to the individual needs of street children in Mumbai, covering the entire area of child development from physical and medical needs to encompassing the educational, creative, cognitive, social and vocational needs of the children.Beginning in 2010, ALF has committed to funding three additional staff that will bring more professional expertise to all centers and projects further empowe-ring SBT in their efforts to mainstream street children into productive adults.

In November, Salaam Baalak Trust crossed over the 600 children mark and are proud to say more than 86% are attending school regularly and doing well! In July, and for the first time, we had five girls start co-llege and many 10th standard graduates have ente-red various job training programs through our Career Project, our collaboration with Four Seasons or other job training partnerships. We are continuing to deve-lop our extra curricular activities and have added a professional football trainer for our boy’s team, wee-kly dance classes and a four-day camp to Goa for our Sholapur kids. Our Community Awareness Project is working with hundreds of kids to legalize them for entrance into school next year.

sAnkALP reha-bilitation trust’s “SANKALP DISHA” Detoxification cen-tre at Ulhasnagar

was established and became operatio-nal on 23rd March 2011. In a big city like Mumbai with more than 40,000 drug users, there is very little help available. In the 6 months since, one hundred and fifteen in-patients have been treated at the centre. Twenty Eight (4:1) patients were motivated and referred to Good Shepherd Recovery Home for further rehabilitation of which fifteen are living sober. Others who did not choose rehab, were initiated into ‘Project Hunar’ (resi-dential computer training programme at Sankalp) or referred to other facilities.

the detoxification Process

Clients in need of detoxification approach the cen-tre through three drop-in centers of SANKALP RE-HABLITATION TRUST. Initial counseling begins at the first point of contact itself to ascertain whether the drug user is choosing the treatment on his own will or under pressure from his family or police. The counselor’s main objective is to enable the client to make the decision for himself. A list of preliminary laboratory investigations are asked to be done from an appropriate clinic before formally admitting the client. The counselor will also elicit support from the family members or concerned individual during the treatment process.

The detoxification center is a 12 bed ward wherein the patient is admitted for a period of 15 days. Those requiring further treatment will be referred to the Re-habilitation Center at Good Shepherd Recovery

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Below: a counseling meeting in Sankalp

Home which is networking partner of Sankalp Reha-bilitation Trust. During the 15 days, the patient will get 24 hour attention from the staff led by a medical officer and team of nurses and ward boys as well as the services of a qualified psychiatrist who visits the center thrice a week. The rest of the team members consist of a programme manager, a counselor and a social worker who does the follow up with the family. The medical regimen to be followed will be decided by psychiatrist along with director of Sankalp who has a vast experience of more than 28 years of expe-rience in the field.

A residential form of treatment, the detoxification centre helps drug users overcome the withdrawal

symptoms under the observation and monitoring of the medical staff. The center’s schedule tries to keep a balance timing between group sessions and indivi-dual treatment/recovery needs, structured and flexi-ble schedule, physical and thought provoking activi-ties.

Group sessions are mainly based on a cognitive-be-havioural approach that attempts to help each par-ticipant recognize the situation in which they are most likely to use drugs, avoid these situations when appropriate, and cope more effectively with a range of issues and dysfunctional behavior associated with drug use.

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