After the Bali bombs of the 12th October 2002, many children and their families were left homeless, jobless and more or less destitute. Many lost their parents and now live with other members of the family. Both Mrs Titik and Mr Yacob are teachers at a government secondary school in Denpasar. They organise 10 children who would not otherwise be able to attend school due to the lack of finance or a tragedy in the family.
Like all the projects, with the exception of Totok and Anik in East Java, they send us a six monthly progress report on the children, and the children also write to the Trust letting us know what they are doing. Without these reports, no further funding would be forthcoming. This is an excellent way of policing each project.
It also shows us what is happening to each child. If, for example, a child is not attending school, then the project managers will visit the family to find out why.
We have in the past experienced misappropriation of funds, children dropping out, and these reports prevent it happening.