Sarinbuana Eco Lodge
Community Sponsored Projects
Weekly classes for children aged 5 – 12 yrs
- Silat (martial art class) teacher, uniforms & equipment
- Football team – Coach, uniforms & ground management
- English class at the local school
On going support…
- Student University scholarship -5 years
- Bali Starling Bird Breeding project
- School maintenance, cleaning & mural painting
- Tree planting in the Batukaru Rainforest
- Sarinbuana Trekking Guide Association
- Monthly rubbish pick up and disposal – with neighboring hotels
- Arjo – Spiritual Drama group
Rubbish pick up from 5 villages every month ( joint venture with neighboring hotels)
Would you like to join us and sponsor 1 of our
Village Projects?
On occasion we are asked by our guests how they could contribute to our community in a meaningful way.
There are so many ways you could help our local community, every donation whether it’s big or small will help to develop our community.
Why donate to a village project?
Many guests are worried that their donations to Foreign Aid organisations do not filter through to those in need, but are soaked up by administration and other costs.
Donating directly to a village project ensures your money is going directly to those in need.
You can keep in touch with your project now, and into the future…
Who benefits from your donation?
Our projects are designed to help both individuals and community groups.
These projects are not solely focused on economic returns, although this is important, they may also enhance the social, spiritual or creative aspects of our community.
Projects available for Sponsorship or Donation
Village Football Team
The lodge sponsors the Sarinbuana Tigers football team which meets 2 times a week at the school grounds.
We are always in need of help with:
- New balls, uniforms & equipment
- Football tournaments & excursions.
English Class for local children aged 5-12 years
The Lodge holds weekly English classes for village children. ‘Learning english dramatically improves work prospects for young people seeking alternative careers to farming’
aged 5 – 12 years at the local school.
We have approximately 40 children attending.
We are very appreciative of any cash donations to buy:
- Art materials
- Books
- Educational resources
- Photocopying worksheets
Silat Class (Martial art of Indonesia)
The Silat group Receiving achievement awards at regional finals
The lodge has sponsored the Silat class since April 2009, it had been over 15 years since Silat was taught in our village. Our school didn’t have any extra curricular activities before we started our 3 sponsored classes.We are happy to support this group which meets twice a week for 2 hours of practice followed by silent meditation.
We are always in need of help with:
- Uniforms & equipment
- Silat tournaments & excursions.
Bali Starling Breeding project
Bali Starlings, once common in Bali, are now one of the World’s rarest birds. Except for a small, and closely guarded, population in West Bali & 60 odd birds, which have recently been released on Nusa Penida Island.
The most successful Bali Starling breeding program, is privately funded by the Gardner family, under the auspices of the Begawan Foundation.
We’re honored, and excited to announce, that construction of the cage has now been completed and our pair are now happily making a nest.
Our landowner (and best birding guide) Jer0 Ketut Arimbawa, will keep the birds next to his home, and he will be responsible for their daily care.
You’re welcome to contribute to this program.
School maintenance, painting & mural painting
This year we have decided to focus on the school in Sarinbuana as it is in dire need of some TLC. We would like to
paint colourful murals on the outside of each class.
So far in 2011 we have:
- Bought a water tank, and connected water to the toilets
- We Pay for a daily school cleaner
- Fixed broken windows
- Supplied soaps and cleaning equipment
- Painted the interior of class 1,2 & 3 more to come…
- Made a school sign at the entrance
- Fixed up and painted the classroom for English classes
- Provided educational resources – text books
Sponsor a scholarship for a local student to attend University
Sarinbuana Eco Lodge is currently sponsoring 19 year old Suara Yasa, to attend University in Denpasar Bali.
Suara started his first year at University on Aug 09 and is studying to be an Architect.
His university fees are USD$450 every 6 months over 5 years.
Tree planting in the Batukaru Rainforest
Would you like to make a 1 off donation to our tree planting scheme?
The price per tree is Rp 25,000 / USD$3 including planting & maintenance
Rp 100.000/ USD$10 = 5 trees
Our focus is on replanting native fruiting trees inside the Batukaru Rainforest to increase food resources for wildlife and to reforest eroded steep areas.
Trekking Guide Association Fund
The Sarinbuana Trekking Guide Association will use your donation to:
- Improve pathways to the top of the mountain
- Pick up rubbish on the trail and dispose of it at the local landfill
- To improve educational signage
- To donate to community functions & project
- To continue rubbish awareness
- To improve facilities at the local school
Spiritual dramatic arts group (Arja)
Sarinbuana Eco Lodge is currently sponsoring the vilage Arja. The costumes for this elaborate performance are very expensive to make,
so our group has to borrow costumes from another village. They hope one day to have their own costumes.
How to Donate
You can donate to any of the above projects during your stay at the lodge.
Past donations from guest have enabled us to:
- Buy 5 mountain bikes and start a business for our local guides
- Make an educational sign highlighting the Flora & Fauna of the Batukaru Rainforest
- Plant over 300 trees in the Batukaru Rainforest
- Over 50 new children’s books for our English classes
- Continued sponsorship of our local University student Suara working towards his degree in architecture
- New sewing machine for 1 village woman, who now has a business making clothes
Community Aid projects
Over the last 10 years Sarinbuana Eco Lodge has raised over US$ 40,000 through: The Sarinbuana Trekking Guide Association, Guest Donations, AUS aid & Seacology grants to benefit our local community and implemented the protection of 800 hectares of neighbouring Rainforest, protecting the Sarinbuana Rainforest Mt Batukaru, Tabanan Bali.
Seacology Project
Thanks to Seacology, Norm and Linda vant Hoff, and the village leaders of Sarinbuana, 800 hectares of rainforest are now under protection in Mt Batukaru, Tabanan Bali.
Seacology, based in Berkley California USA have several projects around the world exchanging environmental stewardship of important natural areas in exchange for money to be used by the neighboring community for community based projects.
The area under protection is called a “NO take zone” which means no person can harvest, gather, hunt or cut down trees within the boundaries of the agreement. Signs educating locals of the new agreement have been posted at the entrance to the rainforest, and it is hoped that locals will gain alternative economic & social rewards by supporting Ecotourism.
The Mt Batukaru rainforest is the largest rainforest in Bali and one of only 2 remaining rainforests. You can support the local economy by taking a guided rainforest walk from Sarinbuana Eco lodge (Rp 50,000 per hour) and help locals to see that Eco money is more sustainable than catching birds & butterflies.
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