Yayasan Solemen Indonesia

our mission is to help the disadvantaged in bali, indonesia. yayasan solemen indonesia (solemen), an indonesian registered non-profit foundation, was formed in october 2010 to raise awareness and provide funds to support accredited agencies and projects for the disadvantaged in bali. sole man robert declared his intention to be barefoot until solemen had raised one million us dollars. the reason for being barefoot is “to be in solidarity with those who don’t have a choice to wear or not wear shoes”. solemen‘s first ‘awareness’ 535km barefoot walk around bali was not just a ‘walk’. the solemen held frequent health education checks and made presentations in schools, orphanages and villages together with a medical team from anak anak bali (bali kids). the solemen also taught the children to be aware of and how to clean up their immediate environment. as well as raising awareness, we are now primarily focusing our efforts on helping the disadvantaged in bali, indonesia. we are constantly l