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Wings of Empowerment Foundation (Part 2)

GEDE'S HOME...   So here we are, well and truly under way with our second Wings of Empowerment Foundation project. I'm so happy to say that the house we are currently building will become a beautiful little home for a family of 5.  Up until now, this family, consisting of Gede, his wife and baby, Mum, Dad and Sister are sharing one small room in a family complex.  In Bali this is very common as the men stay on at the family home once married.  In cases where there are several sons and their family's, and no funds or space to expand, living conditions become impoverished and very challenging, as you can imagine. It is such a privilege to assist Gede build a home for his family.  He's a beautiful young guy with a very generous heart.  Always the first to put his hand up when someone is in need and goes well and truly out of his way to ensure everybody is happy.

Wings of Empowerment Foundation (Part 1)

Nengah’s story…   When I first met Nengah 3 years ago, she had not long lost her husband to cancer. She saw me and begged for work in order to provide food for her two young boys, aged 12 and 2, as well as her mother and father in law, as this was her responsibility now that her husband had passed away! Whilst I felt so sad for Nengah, I knew the local jungle families must be my priority and so with great sadness, I was unable to help her. Day after day I watched this beautiful hard- working woman carry 20 litre buckets of river sand and stones on her head, up the jungle path to a building site. One day I was walking up the path and saw her stop a tourist man, asking him to please help her pick up the heavy bucket of stones and put it on her head- her arms obviously too weak by this time! The man picked up the bucket and placed it on her head and I watched as Nengah happily stood herself up with the heavy load, thanked the man profusely and headed off up the path. At that moment I thought my heart was going to break and I made the decision that some-how I had to help her.