Niti Mandala Club (NMC), a Non-Formal School in Renon Denpasar That Needs Assistance

Date of Visit: 5th October 2018

School Name: Niti Mandala Club Community Learning Center (PKBM NMC)

Address: Jl. Tukad Unda No. 8 Denpasar – Bali

Under the auspices of: Pokok Kehidupan Foundation (attached document)

Established on 28th October 2002 by: I Gusti Ayu Tirta Adiasary, SE. She died on May 22, 2018

Foundation Leader: drg. Leonard Novandry Tuhepary, SKG (0812-3781-2811)

Head: Helena Hale, S.Pd (0812-3706-8887)

Email: pkbmnitimandalaclub@gmail.com

Bank Account: Bank BPD Bali, No. 010 02.02.39704-3, under Yayasan Pokok Kehidupan

Update on September 7th, 2019; NMC received 50 learning chairs assistance etc as the video documentation below.

Update on November 3rd, 2019; We received an information that NMC had received almost all the assistance who needed, except funding for paying salaries and building rent.

Number of Teachers: 13 people, including the following:

Helena Hale, S.Pd (0812-3706-8887) – volunteer
Ni Made Astuti, S.Pd
Ida Ayu Pramita Utari, S.Pd
Fira
Reti
Melin – volunteer
Densi – volunteer

Of the 13 teachers; 3 of them are Volunteers (not paid), the remaining 10 teachers get a salary of Rp. 500,000 – and Rp. 2 million for teacher with bachelor degree.

The number of students:

Primary school age: 24 people
Middle school age: 36 people
High school age: 42 people
Incubator ( elementary and middle school age that cannot read and write): 10 people

About Students:

Most students come from Denpasar and its surroundings.
They do not attend formal schools for various reasons such as; with special needs, expelled from formal school due to behavior / delinquency / inability to attend school lessons, bullied at school etc.
Most children with special needs such as; down syndrome, hyperactive, hyper sensitive, autism, deaf etc.
Students pay SPP Rp. 100,000 – 300,000 per month depend on the ability of parents to pay, some of them could not pay tuition fees.

School Conditions:

The school looks “messy”, not well maintained
There are several classrooms that are quite hot, need a fan and curtains for glass windows
Teaching and learning facilities: learning tables and chairs are lacking, many have been damaged
School building: rent / contract Rp. 70 million per year (still delinquent rent)

School Fees: all payments for school operational fees are delayed/in crisis.

Teacher’s salary; currently the payment is delayed by 2 months
School operational costs; electricity, water, stationary, etc.
Building rent is still in arrears for more than 1 year
Kitchen costs for volunteer meals and some students who sometimes also ask for food at the school

Source of Financing: there is only 1 source of income, namely student tuition fees, and even then not all students are able to pay tuition fees every month because some students come from underprivileged families.

Help needed:

Funding for school operational costs as mentioned above
Learning and teaching facilities; study tables and chairs, fans, curtains, whiteboards and erasers, bookshelves
Stationery, books for students and offices
Student school supplies; bags, shoes, uniforms
Transportation when students have activities outside of school such as swimming lessons and so on.

Here are some of the documentation that we took.