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…
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Goodbye to Selvia: one of our Top Prosthetics & Orthotics Supervisors
We’re sad to farewell one of our brilliant staff, Selvia Suryadinata, our Prosthetics & Orthotics Supervisor! Selvia has been with PUSPADI Bali for almost two years after graduating from the Jakarta School of Orthotics and Prosthetics. Selvia has a tremendous work ethic, with the people with disabilities that we support always receiving the utmost care…
The Groundbreaking Research Underway Into Wheelchair Distribution in Developing Countries
I Ketut Gigir lives with his family in a basic home made out of brick and natural resources in a remote, impoverished part of Karangasem in East Bali, surrounded by fruit trees, poultry, pigs and cattle. In 1985, Ketut Gigir became paraylysed after falling out of a tree, which forced him to learn how to…
Farewell: Interview with Abie (our Prosthetics & Orthotics Supervisor)
For the past 2½ years, Abie Cahya Kusuma has made many prosthetics, orthotics and mobility aids for the people we support across Bali and Eastern Indonesia. Now he has left PUSPADI Bali and reflects on his wonderful time here, in an interview below. How would you describe your experience at PUSPADI Bali? I feel grateful…
A Better World: Hiring People with a Disability
When 19-year-old Putri Sri Wikanadi lost her leg after a motorbike accident in highschool, she became uncertain about life and how she’d find work to support herself. After receiving a prosthetic leg from PUSPADI Bali, she began to see the possibilities for her future and not see her disability as a limitation. Regaining her confidence,…
A Balinese Man’s Strong Will To Take On Life’s Challenges
“When my leg got amputated (in December 2014), I thought to let it go and survive….I didn’t feel sad or anything, I was just processing it all and I think I reacted like that because I had been in the military,” Made Wirya said. Wirya’s remarkable attitude is often seen in other people who seek support from PUSPADI…
8-year-old Kadek Dwi’s Face Lights Up After Receiving A New Prosthetic Leg; All Thanks To A Generous Sponsor
It’s an exciting time for 8-year-old Kadek Dwi Purwana Yasa – and a big smile crosses his face after receiving his new, replacement prosthetic leg from PUSPADI Bali. Every six months or so, he returns to our workshop to be refitted with a new prosthetic leg, as he has been growing so fast. Sadly, Kadek Dwi…
Balinese Man Regains His Independence After An Accident
Looking at Darma now, he is a changed man – with a positive perspective, loving family and now his own motorbike so he can truly have independence and more choices. It is in stark contrast to six years ago, when Darma lay paralysed on his bed as well as living in destitute conditions in Karangasem,…
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…