The PEP Foundation’s work in Bali began in 2005 when Lyn Melville-Rea, an Australian teacher working in Japan, asked Nikolaus Suyasa, a teacher at SMK Payangan High School in Bali, if she could visit his school. At that time, the school had 180 students squeezed into 5 classrooms that had very little beyond desks and worn out blackboards. There were virtually no textbooks, lights or electricity. Lyn and her husband, William, promised to send some resources for the English and Japanese teachers. The following holiday, they returned with books and taught English voluntarily. Six months later, Lyn & William escorted a group of students and teachers from Osaka International School on an 8 day school exchange to Bali. It was a huge success and they have led many other groups to Bali since then. Over the years, fund-raising events, including bazaars, art shows and workouts with Billy Blanks, have been held in Japan and Bali under the name of the PEP Foundation. A sponsorship program provides scholarships for promising students from low-income families and funds for school repairs and internet access. In 2009 and 2010, both the PEP Foundation Australia and Yayasan Bali Sahaja (Indonesia) were officially registered as non-profit organisations. Both foundations have similar missions of supporting education  which empowers local communities and promotes sustainable living. Over the past 6 years, the number of students attending SMK PGRI Payangan has increased from 180 to 700! The school doubled in size but, with only 10 classrooms, there is still a real shortage of space and little opportunity for students to gain practical skills in hospitality. In March 2011, the Melville-Rea’s made a personal donation to the foundation to build the first floor of a training center for the students. This will create 3 more teaching areas: a training kitchen/restaurant, an area for students to practice their front office skills and two rooms for students to practice their housekeeping skills. Once funds have been raised to complete the training center, it will comprise 11 guest rooms, a restaurant for 50 and a swimming pool for both students and guests. Any revenue that is raised through visitors staying at the training center will fund SMK PGRI Payangan High School’s program for disadvantaged youth,  and other school-based development projects in Payangan. Beneficiaries will be decided by the board of Yayasan Bali Sahaja.