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Indonesia has the fourth-largest population in the world with more than 240 million people. The vast majority of the population is poor with an average annual income of less than US$300. Bali has a population of about 2.5 million people of which about 12,500 have disabilities. 98% of Balinese people are Hindu.
According to the statistics from the Social Department, there are 1,727 people with disabilities in the Gianyar region. Only 57 went to Senior High School. Almost half of those of school age and above - 867 people have never attended school. In the Bangli region there are 1,158 people with disabilities, of whom 53 went to High School. Again almost half of those of school age and above - 530 people have never been to school.
We are helping people of all ages. Many are victims of polio who contracted the disease before preventive inoculations were available. Many of our clients had never seen a wheelchair in their lives, never been out of their houses, and never gone to school.