BEATS is a small charity, with no employees, only volunteers. It maintains a close and personal relationship between its supporters and projects, so that groups and individuals are able to choose to support people and projects to which they can relate. This video explains how and why BEATS started.
BEATS primarily operates in Indonesia, collaborating with five organisations. We partner with GBI Church in Ambon (E Indonesia) to aid earthquake victims through home rebuilding, child sponsorship and a start-up business loan program. Additionally in Sumatra (NW Indonesia) we work alongside YSI, which conducts disaster preparedness and runs micro enterprise schemes as well as YACAN who operate a Children's Home. YASERA helps communities with disaster preparedness along with health and development programmes in various locations in Indonesia.
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New Project
Nias Clinic
BEATS is providing funding for the construction of a much-needed dedicated midwifery clinic on Nias Island, west of Sumatra. Nias is an impoverished island where mortality rates for mothers and babies are high.
This project is the vision of a young woman (Destin), a victim of the Nias Island earthquake and who lived at a BEATS-supported chidren's home. BEATS sponsored her education and, having qualified as the top student in her year group at midwifery university, she has the vision and ability to provide this safe and professional place for women to give birth.
BEATS has so far provided funds for the purchase of land, clearance and the construction of the foundations (see photo). More funds are required to build and equip the clinic, please use the Donate Now button below AND contact BEATS to specify that you want your donation to be allocated to this amazing life-saving project.
Yakobis is a farmer on Ambon Island; he has been living with his wife and 5 children in the shack seen in this photo since the earthquake in 2019. BEATS has provided funds for a new house which has now been completed (see photo).
BEATS is a small charity which can only provide grants for new houses one at a time as funds are received. For information on how BEATS has already helped in Ambon see the information on our Ambon page.
Update Sep 25
Myanmar Earthquake
28th March 2025
Update Sep 25
Myanmar 28/03/25
Elmer, one of BEATS' partners in Indonesia, went twice to Myanmar with a team to distribute aid. They provided a) food for people in a slum area (see photo), b) rice, cooking oil and essential supplies for people in displacement camps and c) funds to local churches to enable them to help people in need. BEATS sent £6,500 funding for these trips. Elmer plans to re-visit Myanmar in October to undertake Disaster-preparedness training in 2 areas, in conjunction with local churches. If you would like to donate towards these trips please use the 'Donate Now' button to give via Wonderful.org (no fees) and remeber to let us know which project you would like your donation to help.