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Day 1
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Airport pickup;
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Welcome dinner & performance
Family Homestay
Days 2-8
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Cultural Immersion: (includes Bali history & language lesson, scavenger hunt, rice fields edible plants walk, hands-on cultural workshop, Balinese art & history museum, temple visit and ceremony, dinner with the Prince of Peliatan at the Royal Palace, Legong performance)
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Site Visits: To compelling examples of social enterprises, high-impact nonprofits, and impact-driven businesses
Family Homestay
Days 9-12
Immersive SIE Case Study #1:
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Visit Pemuteran’s innovative & internationally-recognized coral reef restoration project, “BioRock,” an outstanding example of collective impact
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Study this community-driven, cross-sector conservation & economic development initiative through engagement with the social innovation catalysts, local leaders, and other community stakeholders and snorkeling both the BioRock Reef as well as a spectacular intact reef off of Menjangan Island
Family-Owned Bungalows
Days 13-14
Begin Social Innovation Sprint:
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Meet Bali Changemaker Fellows in Singaraja
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Begin Changemakers Summit and Social Innovation Sprint in collaboration with Fellows
Local Inn
Days 15-17
Immersive SIE Case Study #2:
With the Bali Changemaker Fellows, the group visits award-winning social enterprise, East Bali Cashews, based in a community of rural villages on the slopes of Mount Batur, and facing Mount Agung, volcanoes.
Bungalows with Cots
Days 18-20
Begin Social Innovation Sprint:
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Meet Bali Changemaker Fellows in Singaraja
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Begin Changemakers Summit and Social Innovation Sprint in collaboration with Fellows
Local Inn
Days 21-23
Rest & Relaxation:
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Sunrise boat ride & snorkeling over shipwreck
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Free time for exploration and completing final assignments
Local Eco-Hotel
Days 24-28
Sanur Beach
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Visit to local social enterprise accelerator
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Synthesis and reflection
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Free days
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Farewell dinner
Local Inn
Day 29
Head to airport
Meet the program leader
With a background in the social foundations of education as well as social innovation & entrepreneurship and international & community development, Bruce places as much emphasis on how and why students learn as what they learn.
learn about our partner, the bali institute
"We believe that Bali is a living classroom with something special to share with the world beyond its shores.
For more than 15 years, Bali Institute has been collaborating with extraordinary leaders, organizations, and communities in Bali to offer premier educational travel programs for all ages."
