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From The Mouths Of Babes
The SoleCentre has been busy and full of chatter and giggles, which seems like a far cry from the reality of what our SoleBuddies are living with. Having the kids at the centre is a beautiful reminder that even in really hard times, laughter is a wonderful medicine. Our SoleBuddies at the Care and Recovery…

Making Friends From Karangasem To L.A.!
It’s been a huge month for the SoleTeam with Robert representing us in L.A., kindly sponsored by Dokoyo, and the outreach team have travelled far and wide to see our SoleFamilies.On that note, you may have noticed that we have changed our logo and our name to SoleFamily. It’s still the same team, the same…

How Did January Come And Go So Fast?!
The Outreach team has covered thousands of kilometers this month, visiting our SoleFamilies all around Bali. We have had our ‘usual’ home visits to manage but also some emergencies involving life-savings surgeries, a missing patient (who possibly took himself to Java for a holiday?!) and we were able to spend time with Budi and Eka…

And so this is Christmas….⛄
And so this is Christmas….In the blink of an eye, we are nearly in a new year, and as we look back on the last 12 months, we know there are so many people who contributed to Solemen Indonesia. The pandemic is over and tourism is slowly returning to our beautiful island, and we are…
Happy 10th Anniversary To Solemen Indonesia
In the blink of an eye, we are ten years old. At least that’s how it seems when the teams are busy every day caring for all of our Solebuddies and their families. Like many, the pandemic brought about great change for us and tremendous hardship as tourism stopped and so did much of our…
September 2021 Newsletter
Here at Yayasan Solemen Indonesia we’re on a mission to change the lives of the most disadvantaged, the ‘diffabled’, the homeless and the marginalised in Bali. It is not easy, but we are doing it. Every. Single. Day. Our “content” is most of the time disturbing and 75% of our potential donors admitting that our stories…
August 2021 Newsletter
Ever thought, “Damn, I wish I were one of those Superheroes, so I could save the world and stop this pandemic. Right now!” Well, the fact that you are reading this email proves that you are already one of Solemen’s Superheroes and the world keeps spinning thanks to people like you. However, nobody’s got…
February 2021 Newsletter
Dear Solemen Supporter, The Ides of March is upon us According to Wikipedia the Ides of March is the 74th day in the ancient Roman lunar calendar, corresponding to 15 March. It was marked by several religious observances and was notable for the Romans as a deadline for settling debts. In 44 BC, it became notorious as the date of…
July-August 2020 Newsletter
Love in the Time of Covid Do you remember the famous novel Love in the Time of Cholera by Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel García Márquez? It’s a story of love and passion situated in the time of a cholera outbreak. The novel is uplifting as it portrays the victory of love over hardships, betrayals and the threat of…
May-June 2020 Newsletter
Dear Solemen Supporter, Now that the year 2020 has drawn to a close, we are looking forward to better times and wishing the same for you. Although the past year truly lived up to its global annus horribilis reputation we nevertheless remain hopeful and confident that better times are ahead. It seems that nothing could get worse…
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