So after coming back to Senggigi, I spent basically most of my time between a couple more of excursions, hitting few bars at night, the hotel swimming pool (learning to swim or something close to it) and the kampung, the village where my friends live. Here (thanks to my muse Pascalle) I learned more about their culture, the way the live, the project in place to help them.
The concept of family is extended here to your neighbors as well; spending most of the time outdoor you live together with your neighbors, spend hours with them, more than you would do with other relatives or friends living elsewhere.Of course you share everything you have, which often is not much. The project has helped these guys in many ways: bringing a big tank of drinkable water (no need to go to wells or go up and down from the mountains); making medicines and money to visit the doctor available; allowing as many kids as possible to go to school (yes, not everybody goes even to elementary school if you can't afford it). You'll be surprised how the amount of money that for us really means not much (the money you spend on an average night out in town for example) can really make a huge difference here, like sending a kid to school for whole year, or allowing someone who is really sick to get to the hospital in the main city. But you'll here soon about how we can help in this blog, just give me time to organize a couple of logistic things.
For the moment, after taking a picture of Sahur's beautiful family it's time for me to go back to Singapore, but with the promise that I'll be back in a month or so, with more ideas and means hopefully to help this village.
The concept of family is extended here to your neighbors as well; spending most of the time outdoor you live together with your neighbors, spend hours with them, more than you would do with other relatives or friends living elsewhere.Of course you share everything you have, which often is not much. The project has helped these guys in many ways: bringing a big tank of drinkable water (no need to go to wells or go up and down from the mountains); making medicines and money to visit the doctor available; allowing as many kids as possible to go to school (yes, not everybody goes even to elementary school if you can't afford it). You'll be surprised how the amount of money that for us really means not much (the money you spend on an average night out in town for example) can really make a huge difference here, like sending a kid to school for whole year, or allowing someone who is really sick to get to the hospital in the main city. But you'll here soon about how we can help in this blog, just give me time to organize a couple of logistic things. 
For the moment, after taking a picture of Sahur's beautiful family it's time for me to go back to Singapore, but with the promise that I'll be back in a month or so, with more ideas and means hopefully to help this village.
