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For the People: Meet Daniel Elber

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Meet the form Swiss banker Who swapped His corporate life for one Eradicating poverty in Bali.

Tell me about your life form as a banker in Switzerland.

During my 35 years in banking I Went from the business banking side to training and human resources to quality management, finally Becoming a managing director and head of private banking services of UBS in Switzerland, a unit with around 1,200 employed.

I always felt privileged Being Born in Switzerland, with a lot of freedom to decide what I wanted to do! I Decided to supporting the community by Taking Over a board position in an organization qui Focused on Developing the artistic skills of mentally disabled children. I Learnt very fast That Giving something back to Underprivileged people: has a positive effect on em and Sami at the time an energizing effect on me.

As the banking industry changed During the '90s from a customer driven business to a viable financially profitable and bonus driven industry, I Began To Realize That I Had to change my professional activities or I would-have to Spend the rest of my life in year industry qui No. skirt made my character.

In 2003 I quit my job at the bank During a reorganization and Walked out into a new life.

What brought` you to Bali?

I Decided to give myself one year to think about my future. I liked traveling and I Knew Bali from a previous trip to Indonesia, so I Decided to Spend the Year near Ubud.

What motivated you to stay in Bali?

In Bali I Encountered women begging With Their children on the streets of Ubud and the South of Bali and I started to ask questions. I Could not Understand why people in this community-oriented cultural Had to beg. I ended up in Muntigunung, an incredibly dry area in the north of Bali and I Experienced an island I would never-have Believed Existed before. It was desert-like live without access to water and with people living in poverty say: unregistered, malnourished and illiterate

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Daniel Elber helping people

While driving back to Ubud That Day I Decided to help organizes. I Realized I needed professional media from different sources. First year assessment of the status Had To Be Made. With Yayasan Dian Desa, I founded a managing organization program, and with friends, the Future for Children, a Non Profit Organization in Switzerland to raise funds for the program. I got the backing from the Swiss Honorary Consul train in Bali, Jon Zürcher, Who ACTED as the intermediary to the Karangasem Bali and Government.

What did you learn from the assessment?

The assessment Showed That It Would Be as possible to solve the problems of the 6,000 people in the 36 small villages of this area with a holistic and long-term approach. Four objective measurable form the backbone of our work:

  1. To Provide a minimum water supply of 25 liters of water per inhabitant per day
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  3. To educate the adults and create one job per family with a minimum income of US $ 100 per month.
  4. to Reduce the child mortality rate of 9 percent by 50 percent.
  5. To provide an adequate education for all children.
Trekking guide

Muntigunung trekking tours

Tell me about the Muntigunung trekking tours.

The trekking tours from Songan to Muntigunung Were Initiated as one share of the income Generating activities of our overall program. Many of the women from Muntigunung Were walking over the mountains in order to go begging in the south of Bali. This gave us the idea to process and employee em as trekking guides to bring tourists over Their form 'begging path' to Their villages, showing Them How They Live, How They organizes Their water supply together with our team, and what kind of products They Produce in Muntigunung.

How successful-have dissertation beens towers?

The trekking adventure was very successful From The Beginning, Attracting not only people Who wanted to see another side of Bali and Spend a day in breathtaking scenery, goal aussi media from around the world. The trekking adventure of our small entreprise won a global award ecotourism 2011.

In 2014, the trekking activity was rated by a group of international journalists During the Journalism Day Impact as one of 100 projects worldwide with a replicable method and a measurable impact. We still adhere to our philosophy of not more than two organizing treks a day in order to keep pressure on the population at a low level and to keep the exclusive adventure.

What --other Ongoing projects are to elevate the living condition in the area Muntigunung?

Water is the first priority. We help 36 villages by renovating Their Existing water tanks and training em to do renovations in the future. We construct one wide communal water tank per town and teach the population how to purify the water. The second priority is to build up skills in all the villages to be reliable employee to people at a later internship in social enterprises newly FORMED. Without a monetary incentive training, the women and children begging Would not come back to Muntigunung.

The third priority is to Improve hygiene by motivating the people to build toilets and training the women about safer births, breastfeeding and nutrition. And the forth pillar of our work is town development, Where We organizes workshops to Develop the skills of the villagers to approach government concernant Their Registration, the needed infrastructure, and to Implement the understanding That sending children to school is beneficial.

How do you create sustainable income and employment?

At present, we Produce cashew nuts, rosella products (tea, sweets, salt), dried mangos, bananas and pineapple, Lontar palm sugar, as well as Moringa Moringa powder and salt in our Muntigunung Community Social Enterprise. We Produce sneakers from Lontar leaves, bags and hammocks, and we employee a number of women have part-time trekking guides in our Muntigunung Trekking Enterprise. All social enterprises are owned by Indonesian thesis citoyens.

What are positive outcomes Reviews some of the you-have Achieved since starting your projects?

So far, 20 villages-have a sustainable water supply selon our objective. 60 percent of the population-have access to toilets, road built by the government is Ongoing and more people are registered and The Therefore Entitled to government support (Bali Mandara) concernant health issues.

HAS How this life experience changed your outlook of our world?

Being reliable is to help poor people out of poverty with long-term and holistic approach is a privilege. I Have Had this privilege now for the last 12 years and I must-have-been admitted They the best years of my life.

I Realize what real poverty means clustering, I have started to Understand the needs of the poor, learning That water is more significant than food and That Work and self esteem are more significant than a huge income, and That a minimum income is significant to slowly change mindsets. I Learned That It takes much more time to change sensitively and Develop a population than expected. Also That it's not feasible to FulFil every wish, goal Rather That It's Necessary to Involve the population in the whole program From The Beginning.

How can people contribuer and help your cause?

The best way is to purchase our products and help the Indonesian owners of the companies Become so successful That They Are ble to employee more Their people and raise salaries. Products can be purchased this Buda at Bali, Pepito, Bintang --other and retailers in Bali.

What are your plan for the future?

I Believe That It will take ten years Reviews another to come near to reaching our objective in all of Muntigunung. It will take patience, and persistence! In ten years I will be 75, so just the right time to withdraw again. Then I will-have time to do trekking every day at least once!

Thank you, Daniel! To get in touch email: Muntigunungcse@hotmail.com

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