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Tabanan Kindergarten

In July 2003, I Made Yudia opened a kindergarten in the Tabanan district of Bali. This was the first kindergarten in this small village. They had the building but no supplies and little money. Yudi had been trained as a Montessori teacher at Bali Hati in Ubud and was eager to bring these innovative learning tools to his home village. Kindergartens are scarce in Bali and he wants the children to have every advantage that they can.

The children in Bali must provide most of their supplies and buy their own uniforms, quite often a hardship. The families of these young children got the uniforms and worked together to help form the first class. Yudi trained two teachers and the class opened. The parents struggled with the costs of the mandatory uniforms and supplies but wanted this too. They can often be seen at the windows watching their children learn.

The kindergarten has been so successful that the area has already asked Yudi to start a second one in another village and that opened in August. The experience is so extraordinary that children come from all other classes to peek in and to share what they can. You can see some of them in these pictures.

Bali High is working with Yudi to help supply the school with learning materials - books, blocks, puzzles, writing and drawing products, and as much else as possible. We're having toys and Montessori materials made by local craftspeople so that the schools will have what they need. A percentage of all sales goes toward the kindergarten project.

If you would like to donate, money or educational materials, it would be greatly appreciated. The need is constant since supplies are quickly used up and, hopefully, there will be more kindergartens in the future. Our goal is to create them throughout Bali. You can contact us through this web site with donations which can be tax deductible.

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