Sakthi
Foundation extends its charity work to support a world-renowned
mother & child welfare project in Bali, Indonesia. Founded
by Ibu Robin Lim, Yayasan Bumi Sehat (Healthy Mother Earth Foundation)
is a non-profit, village-based organization of dedicated families,
midwives, doctors, nurses, teachers and volunteers from Indonesia
and other countries around the world.
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Yayasan Bumi Sehat - Midwifery Scholarship Fund
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exclusively for Yayasan Bumi Sehat.
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We
emphasize that
this Paypal option is used
exclusively for Haiti relief
work by Yayasan Bumi Sehat.
Yayasan
Bumi Sehat runs two by-donation community health centers
in Bali and Aceh, Indonesia that provide over 17,000 health
consultations for both children and adults per year. Midwifery
services to ensure gentle births is at the heart of Bumi Sehat
and the two clinics welcome approximately 600 new babies into
the world each year. They have also established capacity building
and community outreach programs, including a Youth Center and
Village Recycling Program. In 2007, Yayasan Bumi Sehat was recognized
as the #1 non-governmental organization (NGO) in the province
of Bali, Indonesia.
“Ibu”
(grandmother) Robin Lim is
a world-famous midwife, a respected author and a first class
poet, whose passion for delivering babies with up-to-the-minute
methods while respecting ancient rituals and traditions is perhaps
unmatched anywhere. Lim lives in the small village of Nyuh Kuning,
near Ubud in Bali, where she and her family settled 15 years
ago, after leaving the United States. Lim began to attend home
births and hold post-natal clinics at her house. Convinced that
her calling lay in being a midwife, as her Filipino grandmother
was, Lim returned to the United States to obtain her professional
certification. She returned to Bali and demand for her services
grew year by year and support team grew as well. In 2004, she
and others in the village and surrounding communities formed
the Indonesian foundation, Yayasan Bumi Sehat. Robin
is the recipient of the (European) 2006 Alexander Langer award
for personal service to the world.
Yayasan
Bumi Sehat financially supports 7 women in Bali and Aceh to
help them become midwives. These women were chosen by Ibu Robin
and will work for YBS following graduation to to ensure that
local women have access to affordable and peaceful birth services.
PeacefulMidwiferyScholarships.org is a collaborative
effort between the Indonesian medical and administrative staff
of Yayasan Bumi Sehat and the many volunteers from around the
globe who support them on their mission. Everyone is connected
around the goal of supporting young women in their journey to
become midwives, and on the concept of peaceful medical practices.
Every
year, the Sakthi Foundation receives a significant amount of
donations which are earmarked for the support of Yayasan Bumi
Sehat. This organization is registered as an Indonesian NGO,
not as an American one--which gives itthe benefit of greater
acceptance and reduced red tape in Indonesia. This also, however,
negates the ability of supporters in the U.S. to receive a tax
exemption for donations directly to the organization.
It is
for this reason that Sakthi, a registered 501(c)(3) tax-exempt
U.S. organization, is happy to process funds through itself,
to Yayasan Bumi Sehat. When you donate in this fashion (and
you are located in the U.S.), you will receive an acknowledgment
letter which is useful for your own tax records.
Please
join hands with us to help this mother and child welfare project
by sending donations to Sakthi Foundation, with a note about
Mother & Child Project.
You may donate to Yayasan
Bumi Sehat through the Sakthi Foundation in three ways:
By sending a check to the
Sakthi Foundation, with "For Yayasan Bumi Sehat - General
Fund" or "For Yayasan Bumi Sehat - Midwifery Scholarship
Fund" in the memo line. Mail the checks to The
Sakthi Foundation, 1507 Lone Oak circle, Fairfield,
IA -52556.