More than 260 million children globally aren’t in school and one Balinese teenager born with a disability has risen above her obstacles to graduate at the top of her class at the Bali Mandara School. 18-year-old Ni Kadek Namiani Tiara Putri was born without a lower right leg and grew up in a poor community…
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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…
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…
Australian University Students Build Bridges with PUSPADI Bali
Five students from Flinders University’s Disability and Community Inclusion Unit have gained real-world experience through their first overseas field placement at PUSPADI Bali, which is an NGO supporting more than 4,500 people with disabilities in Bali and Eastern Indonesia. Associate Professor Caroline Ellison and the students from across regional Australia have recently completed a five-week field placement at PUSPADI…
A World-first Google User’s Voice Pilot Study Launches in Bali
UCP Wheels for Humanity has launched a world-first Google User’s Voice (GUV) Pilot study which’ll collect data on the impact of an appropriate wheelchair to a user’s quality of life and how wheelchairs are utilised by people with a disability in developing countries. Lessons learned from the Google User’s Voice project will improve the way that wheelchairs…
New Library in East Bali Set to Boost Literacy Levels
Two Australian and Balinese teenagers are spearheading a project to build the first library in an impoverished area of East Bali, out of a passion to encourage more local youth to read books and boost literacy levels. Samara Welbourne from the Sunshine Coast and Tyas Latra from Karangasem in East Bali are aiming to raise…