Globally, an estimated 90% of children with disabilities in the developing world don’t go to school because they face limiting barriers like discrimination, poverty or living in a remote area. In their families or communities, a child with a disability going to school can be wrongly seen as a waste because they’re judged on their different physical…
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Balinese Teenager with a Disability Defies the Odds and Set to Graduate from High School
Bali, May 14, 2018 – The global rate of children with disabilities in developing countries who don’t go to school is alarmingly high, but one Balinese teenager who uses a prosthetic leg is defying the odds as she tops her class academically and is about to graduate from high school. 18-year-old Ni Kadek Namiani Tiara…
A Disability Rights Law in Bali Must be Regulated
I Gede Widiasa is a husband and father to two children, working as a masseuse in Denpasar and has been living with low vision since his youth. After grappling a fever when he was two years old, Widiasa lost some of his sight. Widiasa toils to provide for his family like many others in Bali…
PUSPADI Bali Staff Bringing Light into a Person with a Disability’s World
For a child with a disability in Indonesia, their start in life can be marred by an incredibly long struggle to be accepted by their peers, their communities and even within their own families, as some believe it is a form of karma to punish them for past wrongs. The difference between the percentage of…
Sumba Teenager Receives His First Prosthetic Leg As He Steps In A New Direction
Holding the rail inside PUSPADI Bali’s workshop, 13-year-old Yuktan tentatively taps the floor with his first prosthetic leg. He presses down on his feet, moving his two legs up, down and slowly around in a circular motion to connect with a lower left limb that he thought he had lost forever after an accident. A smile…
Our Director On How PUSPADI Bali Has Evolved And The Vital Work That Still Needs To Be Done
Our Director on how PUSPADI Bali has Evolved and the Vital Work that Still Needs to be Done In 1986, PUSPADI Bali’s Director I Nengah Latra had an accident by a kerosene blast, which left him horrifically burnt. Two years later, he went to Yogyakarta to have rehabilitation and then continued to work there for more…
Disability Rights is Everyone’s Issue
by I Nengah Latra (PUSPADI Bali’s Director) In 2017, my team and I are anticipating supporting hundreds more Balinese and East Indonesians from all walks of life who are seeking our support after losing a limb in a motorbike accident or due to diabetes, polio, congenital birth defects and a range of other factors. It…
Balinese Teenager Devi Lets Her Talents Shine Despite a Life Marred by Tragedy
Devi is a talented Balinese teenager who has suffered unimaginable tragedy in her life and found the strength to succeed, through the support of PUSPADI Bali. When Devi was six years old, she lost her leg and parents in a motorbike accident. She then grew up living with her grandparents. After the accident, Devi was…
Balinese Powerlifting Champion Pins New Hopes on Tokyo Paralympics 2020
(23rd September 2016) A Balinese Powerlifting Champion who won Indonesia’s first and only medal at the Rio Paralympics 2016, has set an ambitious new goal to claim another medal at the next games. Ni Nengah Widiasih is still on a high after winning bronze in the 41 kilogram powerlifting competition at the event. Widiasih has…
World Champion Balinese Weightlifter Sets her Sights on Success at 2016 Rio Paralympics
(6 September 2016) A world champion Balinese weightlifter who has had to overcome polio and adversity, is set to compete in the Rio Paralympics. Ni Nengah Widiasih’s life started out in very harsh conditions, with her and her brother both suffering from polio since they were young and living in poor surroundings at their home…