“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn”. This quote by Benjamin Franklin shows us the connection between doing and learning.

Giving Back to the Communities

Bali WISE is an organization empowering young, underprivileged women to help them step out of the poverty cycle through education and creating opportunities of employment. Once our students become alumni, we remain in touch with them to research their further development and careers. An increasing number of girls who formerly studied at Bali WISE come back to us with the question how they can contribute and give the acquired knowledge back to their communities. The feedback we receive from our alumni and their employers convinced us to help provide the continuous line of support for girls who underwent our Program.

Bali WISE Graduates as Groundbreaking Role Models

Particularly in a village context, girls have low aspirations and hopes for their future. Showing that they can live their lives differently and are able to stand for themselves, gain independence, build self-value and self-confidence whilst supporting their families, brings a break out from the traditional women role in society. Coming back to their villages, our former students become groundbreaking role models, proving that women can mean much more bringing in a true value beyond social and household expectancy, contributing to their communities.

Pelita as a Social Service Organization

Inspired by various organizations supporting noble social initiatives, with Rotaract among them, Bali WISE established a pilot activity group, Pelita. Initiated and founded by Bali WISE, this social service organization is meant to connect Bali WISE alumnae in further activities, initiatives, mutual empowerment. Under Bali WISE’s guidance, Pelita will be concerned with development of organizational and leadership skills through knowledge exchange, mutual inspiration and other forms of support to help its members in teaming up, building network across the country, support each other internally and cooperate with other social groups and organizations.

Pelita’s Organizational Structure and her Projects

The Board of Pelita has been appointed in February 2021 and consists of a Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, Media Team, and a Project Assistant. In first two quarters of the ongoing year Pelita has been carrying out three projects: