Monday, January 26, 2009

Widya Guna Bedulu, Orphan House

Last Saturday, January 24, 2009, we had an opportunity to visit Yayasan Widya Guna, an Orphan House located in Bedulu village, about 15 minutes from Maya Ubud. The purpose of this visit was to deliver unused stuffs from the hotel they can still use. Our regular group named Gita International Yoga from Australia was also handed bags of clothes and dolls to give to the children.

Yayasan Widya Guna - started in 2004 by Gill Rijnenberg & Ketut Sadia, wth their primary goal is to give the children of Bali the opportunity to obtain an education and to break the cycle of poverty. There are total of 86 children funded their education through Yayasan Widya Guna, 19 of them are orphans and the rest are poor children. The children age range between 3 to 17 years old.

Each child has respective foster parent to fund their education fee. Pak Ketut of Widya Guna expects to get the contract of fostering at least until the children pass their high school. Each child has their bank account where their parent transfer the fund directly to them. Each child has a "buku kas" where they record all their expenses to be read by their foster parents. They even have email address and they are communicating to their foster parents atleast once a week updating their development.

Everyday they get English Class and Dance Class. The English class is conducted by some volunteers. The volunteers from overseas will be staying in guest house available at the yayasan.

http://www.thewinsproject.org/


L-R : located in the middle of Bedulu Village, the English class


the children - they speak English !


The kids posed in front of stuff we brought for them


They entertain us with songs... yes, English songs.
Merit from Holland, volunteer English teacher, she is here for 3 months



Mr Ketut Sadia and wife, Mrs Nyoman.
This couple take care of the children day to day.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Flower Tour to Maya Ubud Garden

The resort has so many beautiful flowers arround the garden.

Let me take you to a Flower Tour to Maya Ubud Garden while introducing different flowers the resort has to offer to the visitors. I will update everytime I or my colleagues have a chance to photographs these beautiful flowers.


frangipani flower, in each villa


lotus at riverside garden


pasiflora at pathway to spa at maya


lantana (krasi in Balinese) at resort's lobby




flower of coraltree at garden area


frangipani at the garden


orange heliconia at north nature walk


lotus at resort's temple pond

lily at lobby and surrounding

Friday, January 16, 2009

Certification of Spa at Maya Therapists


Maya Ubud Resort & Spa is proud to announce that last November 2008 all therapists in the Spa at Maya successfully passed the examination of LSP (Lembaga Sertifikasi Profesi) COHESPA that are recognized as an accredited professional association in cosmetology, health, esthetics and spa. This association is headed by Grace Herdiani Wahjudi, Dipl. Cidesco Dipl. Cibtac and is recognized and licensed by Indonesia Professional Certification Authority. Its main objective is to increase the professionalism in the spa industry and to ensure therapists are adequately trained in accordance with international spa standardization.

Happy New Year 2009 !

Wishing you a prosperous new year...

Maya Ubud Resort & Spa celebrated the arrival of the New Year 2009 at Maya Ubud's Ebony & Ivory Orchid Gala on December 31, 2oo8.

It began with Bali rhythm & dance with Ubud's kecak troupe & drums at our full moon amphitheatre. Cocktails & tapas are served during the ballet. Following by a fabulous served five course dinner, superbly crafted by the Maya chefs. A sumptuous patisserie and flamed coffee bar is set for the guests to crown their dinner. Komang and his melodic guitar also presented listening pleasure during dinner and guided us musically towards 2009 and listen to Indonesian "Ever Greens" presented by "orkes" to welcome the New Year 2009.

full moon amphitheatre


kecak dance



champagne teasers & gala dinner in maya sari mas restaurant


komang & his melodic guitar