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Hi Nick - wondering if you have much info or experience with the NGO/charity/non profit organisations around the island? i found a good website called Bali Spirit which lists a few mostly in/around Bali and i have contacted the East Bali Poverty Project and IDEP Foundation - which i would love to have the opp to work for (ie volunteer) but am getting impatient waiting for replies...
other than that - im jealous you are already living in bali. do you surf or dive? Jo

Jojo, I get an email alert from Bali Spirit (as well as half the living universe) telling me what's going on.

I've thought a lot about charities and how to get involved. My stumbling points are:

1. Corruption
2. Time commitment
3. Are local just using the charity as a crutch.
4. Do the locals actually want my help.

I'm sure Bali Spirit is a fine outfit.

There's an old saying, 'give a man a fish, feed him for a day, shove a fish up his ass and get his ass moving' or something like that. I'm into it as long as its a mutual collaboration.

For me I have splashed about a few times with board. Have a scunba licence but never dived in Bali.