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23-year-old Sumardi is coming from Karangasem, East Bali,  and is the youngest in her family. Her father passed away 2 years ago due to health issues and left her mother to work in a traditional market to survive. At the age of 15, Sumardi had to stop her education due to financial reasons. She then found a job as a housekeeper to save some money for continuing her education until high school level. After working for 2 years, she and her mother had enough money to send her to high school. After 3 years had passed, she graduated from high school in 2013 and worked as a waitress in a restaurant. Nevertheless, 4 years of working in that restaurant did not give her a chance for better career growth. Until her older brother told her about the Bali WISE program. Sumardi came along with her brother to apply for our program. She gave up her job to enroll in the program whch will teach her the skills she needs to have a better career so she can support her family.

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Ariska is from Sidoarjo, East Java. She is the oldest child in her family. Her father passed away when she was one year old. Ariska and her mother rely on the income they get from selling traditional snacks in their own warung (shop). Due to the financial situation, her mother could only afford to pay the school tuition for one of her daughters. When Ariska was in her third grade of vocational school, her younger sister, who was in second grade of senior high school, had to stop her education. After graduating from vocational school, Ariska worked as administration staff for supporting her family. After working for a year, she resigned her employment contract and decided to join the Bali WISE program. She is hoping with more skills gained at Bali WISE, she will find a better job so that she can support her family even more.

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19-year-old Reni is from Karangasem, East Bali. She is the oldest child and has 3 younger brothers. Her parents work as farmers, earning a very limited income of only USD 50 per month which makes it hard to even meet their daily needs. To survive, Reni and her brothers went to the rice field every afternoon for catching snails, cooked them and sold them around the village. They did that everyday after school to generate more income. After graduating from high school, Reni got to know the Bali WISE program in Facebook and she made the decision to join the program. With better skills and more education she wants to find better employment to fulfill her goal of being able to support her family and helping to pay for her 3 younger brothers’ education.

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19-year-old Afriana is from Labuan Bajo, Flores, and the oldest of three siblings. Her father works as a farmer with an income of around IDR 500.000 (approx. USD 36). Because both of her brothers already attend senior and junior high school, the family’s meager financial resources do not allow it to afford Afriana’s further education in university as well. Thanks to a referral in her hometown, she heard of Bali WISE and joined our program to receive the training and education that she otherwise not could have afforded.

 

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Her nickname is Dayu. She is 18 years old from Jembrana, West Bali and the oldest from two siblings. Her father is a farmer and her mother is doing traditional crafting from Bali to contribute to the family income which is only around IDR 800.000 per month (approx. USD 58).
When Dayu was in senior high school, she helped her mother with traditional crafting to gain more money for her family. Dayu never imagined she could graduate from senior high school but she did. Nevertheless, after her graduation she could not continue her studies and and did not find any work either. Things changed when her nephew, herself a Bali WISE alumni, told Dayu about our program. Dayu was convinced that joining us will give her better chances for her future and provide her with the skills to better support her family.

 

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