About

We are two teenage sisters, Ebeni and Zoe, and we live in Fremantle, Western Australia. We visited Lendang Nangka in 2012 and this visit inspired the idea of raising money to support girls to continue their education into University and beyond.

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Lendang Nangka is a village on the island of Lombok in Indonesia, our nearest neighbouring country. It's where our parents first met many years ago when they were travelling in South East Asia.

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When they visited Lendang Nangka on their travels they both stayed with Pak Radiah, a school principle, who had a house with spare rooms. He rented out rooms in his house to tourists for extra income and to interact with foreigners. He was a great host so when they returned with us many years later we visited Pak Radiah and met his granddaughter, Hasanah, who was 13 years old at the time.

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We met Hasanah a few times during our stay and played card games and talked with her since she was learning to speak English. She was obviously very bright and curious about the world. 

We talked about her school and life and we asked her what she would like to do after finishing school.  She told us that she would stay in the village and would likely get married and have children soon, like most of the young women in Lendang Nangka. She would love to go on to University however this was an impossible dream since her family could never afford it. She was the youngest of 9 children and her fathers work provided only a small income for his family.

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We decided to support Hasanah to go to University to continue her education and to have the opportunity to create a different future for herself.

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With our financial support Hasanah completed her undergraduate degree majoring in social economic science from Mataram State University in January 2018. Since graduating she has worked as a school teacher as well as setting up a small business which helps to support her mother; her father passed away a few years ago.  She is preparing to study this year for a masters degree at Yogyakarta University.

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Hasanah has benefited and blossomed in so many ways from going to University and now she wants to help other bright girls in a similar position to support them to continue their educational journey.

 

She says that many of the girls in her village do go to school these days however none of them get the opportunity to go to University. This limits their choices in life.

Most of the girls will get married and have children soon after finishing school and will not work outside of their homes. Some of them feel frustrated that they cannot continue with their education and have good jobs and careers.

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We ask for your support in helping more girls reach towards their potential, like Hasanah, by contributing to the cost required for them to go to University Their lives really can be changed with the opportunities that higher education brings.