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• Built a center which has a school and workshop where handicapped people can meet, live, work and sell their products.  Many handicapped people have some skills but are disadvantaged because of lack of mobility and being far away from the tourist areas of the island. The center provides a meeting place for the Foundation's activities.

• To date we have obtained 45 wheelchairs that have been given to handicapped people. Some of these wheelchairs are from Merdeka Wheelchairs in Jakarta and some were brought from Spain and Australia by Begonia and friends of the Foundation.

  Some of these people had never seen a wheelchair. Further, some like Ketut ,a young woman of 22, in addition to never having seen a wheelchair, never in her entire life had left the house.

• Constructed a new kitchen and a dining room at the Tresna Asih boarding school for handicapped children located in Bangli. This was done with a funds donated by the City Council of Llodio (Alava), Spain.

• Supplied school materials for handicapped children in Bangli and Gianyar with a funds from the City Council of Vitoria (Alava), Spain.

• Organized meetings with handicapped people in order to find out their needs and promote the activities of the Foundation.  

• Presented the Foundation at a community service fair at Bali International School. 

• Assisted with the first Asia-Pacific conference on Tourism for Handicapped people, held in Bali.  

• Finishing a field study in the district of Bangli, going to villages, visiting, talking to handicapped people, finding out their demands and needs and see the reality in which they live.  

• Supplied the handicapped people in the district of Bangli with the necessary material for their work (machines, tools, etc.).  

• Supplied school materials for children at a school for handicapped children in Klung Klung with a fund from the City Council of Alava, Spain.

• Organized exhibitions in Ubud and Nusa Dua of handicrafts made by artists with disabilities.

• Sponsored an surgical operation for a child who was in need of a colostomy for five years.

• Sponsored a physiotherapist for two months to work with two children with disabilities in Gianyar

What We Want to Achieve in the Future

• Finish a field study in the districts of Bangli and Gianyar as a basis for further outreach work.

• Organize community awareness campaigns.

• Open an information office.

• Adapt the houses of handicapped people to make them more accessible.

• Promote the products of disabled workers and open new markets (print catalogues, create new designs and websites).

• Purchase a vehicle to reduce the economic and social isolation of people with disabilities.

• Train two handicapped persons in website design so that they can sell their products over the web and maintain the Foundation's website.

• Expand cooperation with Merdeka Wheelchairs in Jakarta for the supply of wheelchairs to Bali.

• Develop special programs that address the needs of women with disabilities.

• Set up a shop in order to sell all the handicrafts made by our clients with disabilities.

• Set up a physiotherapy center to assist the handicapped and educate them on the importance of moving and exercise.

• Set up courses for care givers to learn how to care for persons with disabilities.

• Set up an small workshop to make wheelchairs.