Community
The Pelangi School Community
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller, the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Pelangi School is a community-oriented school with a diverse student population. Our global community offers rich opportunities for cultural sharing.
Our students are taught about the value of giving back to both the community and the environment. Each child matters and every person is valued, within the school and in the local community. We believe in working together as a team to help others and ourselves.
Supporting Communities in Bali
Our students learn social responsibility by actively participating in initiatives or fundraising efforts. Pelangi students have worked locally with:
- Yayasan Cahaya Mutiara Ubud: To bring awareness to those living independently with different abilities on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
- Trash Heroes: To clean up Banjar Kumbuh, the village where Pelangi School is located.
- Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA): To host adoption sessions.
- Homeless villagers affected by Mount Agung’s eruption: To gather donations.
Pelangi’s staff have also worked on local community outreach programs:
- Pelangi Environment and Education Program (PEEP): To bring local children into our school three times per week for opportunities to learn English, yoga, environmental awareness and to use the library.
- Super Sehat: To deliver a health and hygiene educational program to over 500 students in the Puhu region of Bali. This program will also be shared with other local communities.
Helping Neighbouring Indonesian Communities
Our students also practice charity to support other communities in times of need, such as:
- Providing aid to Lombok and Sulawesi during earthquakes in 2018.
- Raising funds for Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) to support their work with the orangutans and other species of wildlife.
- Supported children living in remote villages from Central Kalimantan by co-funding and training teachers from Ransel Buku, an education and literacy project.
- Provided donations and support to Anak Alam, an educational initiative based in a remote village in Flores.
Giving Back to the Environment
Pelangi School’s students learn to be caretakers of the world by actively contributing to environmental projects.
- Senior students have helped built sanctuaries for the threatened Maleo bird in Sulawesi.
- Early primary classes have released turtles and planted trees to help maintain Bali’s mangrove ecosystem.
- All students participate in sorting waste as part of our recycling program.
