Donating Meals to Orphans in Uluwatu, Bali

3,755 meals donated to orphans in Bali, Indonesia. Hey, I'm Alex, and two weeks ago I got to Bali. I moved in with a bunch of random entrepreneurs that I met from the internet, and now here we are today. We're about to go to an orphanage to make a contribution. For many of these entrepreneurs, it's their very first contribution, or doing any type of philanthropy or charity work at all. I'm so excited to bring them with me. So check out what that's going to look like.

Today we're going to the Bali Life Foundation. We're here in a coastal city in Bali, Indonesia, called Uluwatu. On Halloween Day 2025, I found myself on the south side of Bali with six people I'd only met online a few weeks prior. We connected through a community called Art of Mondays, and this would be our very first time meeting face to face.

"My name is Jada. I come from Italy, but I've lived most of my life in the UK. I'm feeling really nervous. I think it's going to be very impactful and eye opening. We do tend to live in a bubble naturally, and I really look forward to seeing what it is that we can do collectively to help the children."

"My name is Hugo, and I was born in France but raised in London. I've never been to an orphanage, but I'm pretty excited to go and just see what the quality of life is like, especially in Indonesia."

"Hi, my name is Arin. I was born in India, raised in Australia, and I'm here in Indonesia with you guys. In Australia, in Perth specifically, we have this thing called Telethon, which is for kids. We raise money for a specific treatment or cancer or anything we're trying to solve, and all the companies and people in general chip in, and we try to beat each year's goal and raise more money every year."

"Hey, my name is Lucas. I'm from Toronto, Canada. I have done some charity work, done some cooking for homeless shelters, helping raise money for cancer."

"My name is Melissa. I'm Turkish."

So if you guys want to get involved, you can look up Bali Life Foundation. It's here in Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia. I'm so excited to go there. This is going to be my third contribution to date, and I think our largest yet, because we have so many friends joining with us today.

If you didn't know, this is how you get around in Indonesia. Everything is on a bike. This is what life in Bali is like. You hop on the bike, you grab some friends, you do some fun, and you help people out. If you're looking for purpose in life, one of the best things to do is to zoom out and serve others.

So we just got to the grocery store. I'm here with these beautiful humans. I think there's a few more on the way. Rice, beans, oil, bread, eggs, tuna, tomato sauce, pasta, biscuits, bananas, so many snacks, and over 50 toothbrushes with fresh toothpaste.

All right, so we just wrapped up all the grocery shopping here. I think it was a huge success. I'm going to walk you guys through all the stuff that we got. It's quite a bit. So in this one it's pretty much all rice, probably the heaviest cart. On this one we have all eggs. People are very concerned these are all going to break in the truck over there, but thankfully the orphanage actually supplied us a truck. This one, we have pasta, also a ton of bananas, bread, more rice. I think they're going to be eating rice for the rest of their life. We got the fun cart, basically everything sugar, indulgence, sweet treats. This one, we've got a bunch of tuna. We did juice, oats, and then underneath all this there's actually milk as well.

All right, so the checkout process begins. Now I have no idea how long this is going to take. That breaks down to 3,755 meals, which brings my mission total to 11,255 meals donated towards my goal of 1 million meals for orphans worldwide, which we had just started in 2025. When you're adopted like I was, taken from a Russian orphanage as a baby, these numbers aren't just statistics. They're actual lifelines. They're the difference between a child going to bed hungry or going to bed fed.

The children at Bali Life range from 4 years old to 18. When they turn 18, they choose the next chapter in life. "After high school, they can choose: you want to go to work, or go to your uni." Often the girls pursue further education while many of the boys enter the workforce. But here's something that surprised me. These children cannot be adopted from Bali Life Foundation, because Indonesian law only allows adoption through baby orphanages, and every child here arrived at age four or older.

But then I spent time at the facility, and I realized something beautiful. These kids weren't sitting around waiting for someone to rescue them. They were here at home, living at Bali Life. They're focused on what's next. They're focused on their future. Each child has two sponsors, one covering living costs and another for educational expenses. That equates to about $100 per month total. And you can see where the money goes. Quality meals, beds for everybody, working staff, handmade artwork covering the walls, and every month they celebrate each child's birthday together with music and cake.

"Welcome to Children's Home. I'm Wulan, the PR, and right now we are in the first project of the Bali Life Foundation, called Children's Home. Bali Life Foundation was started in 2006, founded by Bert and Siska, but now Peter and Lina are running all of the foundation. We moved here to this building in 2013. Before, we were renting a house near here also, but right now we own this land. Right now we have 49 kids. The youngest one is 4 years old, the oldest one is 18. These are all of the names of the kids. It's not only from Bali. It's from Java, Sumba, North Sumatra, mostly a mix of Indonesia."

Coming to Bali Life Foundation here has been an incredible experience. It's so obvious that the kids are very, very, very well taken care of. I'm so impressed by their English skills as well. It sounds like a ton of the kids that are raised here end up going to university, finding a job, or at the very minimum end up in a safe space. So if you want to get involved with a charity or an orphanage here in Indonesia, I couldn't recommend them enough, to be honest. It's really a beautiful site here, and I'm so happy I was able to come here with other entrepreneurs, people who care about giving back into the world and serving others.

And if you love videos like this, check out my last video. We recently went to El Salvador, and before that we started this mission in Cape Town. All right, I think that's a wrap on Bali Life Foundation. If you guys want to see more behind the scenes, you can follow me on Instagram at alexevans997.

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