Pelita by Bali WISE

“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:

Reviving the Reefs: Bali WISE Alumni’s Impactful Coral Planting Mission

On the 21st of October, we continued our ongoing efforts for a better ocean, but this time, something was notably different. We embarked on the planting of 150 coral fragments onto 10 Reef Stars as part of the PELITA Project—a community-based initiative initiated by...

A Glimpse of PELITA Projects in September 2024

  In September 2024, the PELITA Project for students of intake 57 was successfully implemented. Three main projects were conducted, focusing on the distribution of basic food supplies to the local community and the donation of essential goods to YPAC Bali and...

Community Action! Pelita Project in January 2024

  As part of our ongoing commitment to serve and uplift the community, PELITA initiated its first project of the year. True to our mission of sharing light and making a positive impact, the project focused on distributing food to underprivileged communities in...

November 2023 Action! PELITA Project by Bali WISE

  The final months of 2023 were a whirlwind of impactful initiatives for PELITA, showcasing the unwavering dedication and generosity of its alumni. From providing essential sustenance to communities near the Suwung Landfill to fostering marine biodiversity...

Extending a Helping Hand: Bali WISE Alumni Support Suwung Landfill’s Scavenger Community Through the PELITA Project

In a time of crisis, a community comes together. This blog post sheds light on the heartwarming efforts of Bali WISE alumni through the PELITA project, as they reach out to support the scavenger community affected by a recent fire incident at the Suwung Landfill. The...

Recruitment Visit & PELITA Donation

The Bali WISE program aims to provide free education and training opportunities to marginalized young women in Indonesia. As part of the efforts to connect with applicants and their families, Bali WISE Recruitment team with PELITA, the Bali WISE alumni association,...

Recruitment Visit and Pelita Project at Karangasem

Saturday, 29th October 2022 Bali WISE recruitment team and the alumni association of Bali WISE reached out to young women and parents in Karangasem and Buleleng area to present the Bali WISE program and distribute daily necessities.  Socializing Bali WISE...

PELITA: Natural Dyeing and Donation Distribution to Yayasan Peduli Kanker Anak Bali

Cancer can harm people of any age, even youngsters, although it tends to affect adults or the elderly more frequently. According to the findings of the 2013 Basic Health Research (Riskesdas), there were up to 16,291 instances of cancer in children aged 0 to 14 years....

Dogs and Cats Food Distribution to Karangasem

Karangasem area in Bali is the area where earthquakes happen most frequently. The recent earthquake in October 2021, annihilated several homes, schools, and even lives. The government and the local NGOs have been collaborating to help those affected by providing food,...

WISE in Action: Book Donation for Children’s Literacy

For their second project, WISE in Action has collected books as donations and delivered the books to an orphanage in East Lombok to support the children’s literacy. WISE in Action by Bali WISE WISE in Action is a Bali WISE social service initiative, which recruits...