“One of the most  important aspects of  the BaliSpirit Festival   is our intention to  inspire others to give back to their  communities and mother  earth.”

Meghan Pappenheim, Festival co-Founder

BaliSpirit Festival leads by example through annual outreach initiatives:

Charity Concerts:  Featuring internationally known headliners with
proceeds donated to Festival charity initiatives & local non-for-profits.

Studio Music Collaboration & Performances: Led by Festival co-founders Robert Weber & I Made Gunarta, through Yayasan Kriyasta Guna, international musicians collaborate with
Indonesia’s finest both in the studio and on the stage, producing multi-media presentations and live concerts.

Free Family Day: (Hari Cinta Keluarga) This all day donation event is open to the Public with free billingual family workshops in yoga, dance, music and art.  This day is heavily attended by the local Balinese community. 

Community Outreach Initiatives: Each Year BaliSpirit Festival chooses community
projects to support.  For 2010, the Festival plans to support HIV/AIDS awareness projects
in rural Balinese villages, as well as continue working towards a greener Bali with Yayasan Tri Hita Karana, based in Pejeng, Ubud. 

Read More about this years HIV/AIDS Communications Initiative for 2010

HIV & AIDS Awareness within Community: Focusing on Balinese Youth & Families

“It could be you, it could be me.”

Background: According to KPA Bali (The Commission of AIDS Prevention of Bali) in 2009, approximately 2900 Balinese people have been infected by HIV or are living with AIDS.  Seventy percent of them are male and 30% are female. These numbers are expected to increase in the following years. Over half of the infected Balinese are men and women of reproductive age, between 15 and 29 years old.

Objective: The main objective of BaliSpirit Festival’s outreach program is to raise awareness among Balinese women, youth and their families about the reality of HIV & AIDS and to start honest discussions about the virus and its impact on the community. .

Targeted: Youth, women and their extended families regarding the reality of HIV & AIDS and how it can affect them and, in fact, does affect them.  Mostly in three regions of Bali with an increasingly high rate HIV & AIDS: Denpasar (Sanur), Buleleng & Gianyar.

Program Partners: Yayasan KISARA, a not-for-profit organization focusing on youth issues such as drug use, sex education and HIV & AIDS & Yayasan Spirit Paramacitta (Bali Plus). 

Focus: To create and manage ‘unique communication program’ to inform, raise awareness and promote understanding of the HIV/AIDS epidemic within local communities.