Our second stop on Friday were the twin villages of Gegerung Selatan (South) and Gegerung Puncak (Summit) where we met with over 90 eager young children

Bright and early on Friday morning we were greeted by 50 young children and their teachers at Lingsar village’s Paut Harapan Bunda (Mother’s Hope Paut), an independent paut, or kindergarten for underprivileged children. Everyone was dressed in their best outfits – both because they were attending school and also because they knew there were some visitors on the way.

The Lombok adventure begins!

On Wednesday 9 September 2009 an email was sent around in the hopes of collecting enough donations to buy a handful of toothbrushes for children living in some of the poorest villages on the island of Lombok, Indonesia.

Less than one week later on Tuesday 15 September, Brynna and Rowan headed off to Indonesia, their bags weighed down with $1,000 worth of English language, colouring and story books, an abundance of educational posters and cuddly soft toys, as well as $4,000 in cash – the remainder of the donations they had received in less than a week…Due to the incredible generosity of family, friends and community in Australia, combined with invaluable discounts from businesses and the selfless work of numerous volunteers in Bali and Lombok, this is what they were able to achieve…

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