The Amisewaka Desa Les Community Center in the village of Desa Les is dedicated to delivering vocational and life skills training to young people in Bali and surroundings. Our aim is to empower young people who have limited opportunities finding reasonable jobs, and to provide them with an education and skill set to boost confidence helping them gain access to employment in leading hotels and restaurants across Indonesia and elsewhere.

The village of Desa Les, is a three-hour drive from Denpasar and home to about 8,000 people. Bali is one of 17,000 islands in the Indonesian archipelago and the most well-known. Bali is an agricultural island where at least 60% of the workers are employed in the tourism industry. Most of Bali's affluence is concentrated in its southern parts, where the economy is more tourism-driven. Not many are aware that Bali has a lot of poverty.