REDAKSIBALI.COM – PUSPADI Bali menandatangani kerja sama (MoU) pendidikan, penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat dalam pembuatan Kaki Robot Bionic dengan Jurusan Teknik Mesin Fakultas Teknik Universitas Udayana (UNUD). Penandatanganan MoU dilaksanakan pada hari Kamis (5/8/2021) di Gedung Annika Linden,,Denpasar. Direktur PUSPADI Bali Nengah Latra menyambut baik rancangan Kaki Robot Bionic yang dikembangkan Jurusan Teknik Mesin Fakultas…
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Advocating the Government of Bali Province re Jamkesus Disability
We are continuing to advocate the Government of Bali to replicate the practices in Yogjakarta where on the 29th of June 2021, we conducted an online meeting with Task Force member from DPOs and representatives of Government of Bali Province. The meeting was about Unifying the Understanding of Stakeholders from the Government on Good Practice…
PUSPADI Bali and FGD Disability Assessment with Bappenas
PUSPADI Bali is not only advocating at the district, city and provincial levels but is also active at the central level. On Thursday, June 17, 2021, PUSPADI Bali together with several other OPDs accepted the invitation from Bappenas to conduct a Disability Study FGD in the fields of education, employment, health and inclusive economy by…
Help us sponsor disable children in Bali
FOSTERSHIP PROGRAM for Children with Disabilities ABOUT THIS PROJECT PUSPADI Bali believes people with disabilities should be empowered to live out their dreams and reach and realize their full potential as a human right and dignity. We are the only NGO in Bali providing high-quality mobility aids, education & training and advocacy programs to people…
Defying the disability stigma: an entrepreneur running a gaming business
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we honor those like Wahyu, an entrepreneur, family man and agent of change who doesn’t let his physical disability define him. When I Made Wahyu Diatmika was in junior high school, a condition he’s still not sure of began weakening his muscles and by senior high school, it left…
Jobseekers with disabilities rising above discrimination in Bali
Cai’s new job gives him hope for his future Cai loves the prospect of preparing to go to work each day at Rumah Sanur, earning an income and saving for his future. Through PUSPADI Bali’s Soft and Hard Skills Training Program, Cai initially secured an internship at Rumah Sanur helping their IT staff with web…
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…
Modular Prosthetic Legs: Changing Perceptions about Disability in Bali
One of our great supporters A Leg To Stand On (ALTSO) has recently given us high-quality modular prosthetic legs, enabling people with a disability in Bali and East Indonesia to be more comfortable and at ease when they walk. The modular prosthetic legs differ from the mobility aids that PUSPADI Bali staff normally make, with…
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…
Meet the People Taking Part in the World-First Wheelchair User’s Voice Pilot Study
Reni is swiftly and easily moving around in her new wheelchair, as she sweeps the fallen leaves and chats with her family outside their traditional Balinese home and temple in Abiansemal in the Badung regency. It’s Reni’s third and most comfortable wheelchair in the past 2 ½ years, after enduring big, second-hand and ill-fitting ones,…