Local Scholarship Program
Local Scholarship Program
The Local Scholarship Program has been providing scholarships to Balinese children at Green School since its gates first opened in 2008. It is one of our goals to empower our local community in Bali, through education. We welcome opportunities for them to learn in an open nature campus, with access to a holistic education. We believe our Local Scholarship Program is essential to achieving the mission to create a more sustainable world.
Our foundation seeks to provide local children who are excited and passionate about learning in a unique environment with sustainability as a focus. The nature-based campus at Green School is the center for innovation and creativity, where students are fully immersed and are learning in nature. We encourage our Balinese children to explore and to thrive with purpose. In the future our local scholars will empower their own local communities and become the changemakers in Bali, Indonesia, and the world.
Your support in the Local Scholarship program is more than just a donation. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity for the Balinese children to experience an education that will nurture them individually, and as a whole. Guide to help the children develop real skills they need to solve some of the world's biggest problems.
Change a Life — Follow the Journey of a Student
Would you like to support the Balinese children, and follow the learning journey to become a special changemaker? With the blessing of our Local Scholar students and their families, you have the opportunity to support an individual child/children in our program. It is important to us that the relationship is positive and empowers both donor and student.
Donors are invited to connect and follow the student’s journey throughout their education, right through to being their special guest and witness their graduation at Green School.
Together, we can make a difference in the world, one child at a time.
37 STUDENTS
currently enrolled
18 ALUMNI
have graduated
Our Alumni Stories
Teshalonika Krisanti
Growing up, Tessa had a passion for teaching arts, singing and sustainability. While at
Green School Tessa was a local scholarship student and understood how learning a foriegn
language can open up new worlds and possibilities. Upon graduation, Tessa along with her
father built an organization and a school Kampoeng English, to offer English lessons to
underprivileged children so they can access opportunities and follow their dreams.
Gede Witsen
Gede, a local Balinese scholarship student, graduated from Green School Bali as the
class valedictorian and enrolled at the IE University to study International Relations.
At only 20 years old, Gede is a member of the Board of Trustees at Green School Bali. He
is passionate about Balinese art and has been invited to numerous international
conferences to talk about performing art and conduct workshops.
Ira Warastri
Ira Warastri is one of our earliest Local Scholar graduates at Green School, and most
recently one of the few Green School alumni graduating from college. Ira credits Green
School for opening up doors for her to study internationally and securing a scholarship
at Quest University in Vancouver, Canada. She took a major in music and earned her
bachelors degree in May 2017. During her time in Vancouver, she took a position as
Social Media Manager, and Retail Supervisor of a local music merchandising store
Join our Scholarship Program
We would love to get to know your passion, and help you make a difference. Applicant families
are invited to share their expectations and final selections are based on alignment of
expectations as well as academic and social and emotional assessment. We have a preference for
families who live locally, within the villages surrounding the School but any Indonesian child
is eligible to apply.
Green School looks for students with a curiosity for the surrounding world, who will flourish in
our school environment. Ideal candidates show both academic and emotional intelligence, can
demonstrate empathy, the potential for leadership and, most importantly, are eager to learn.