Bali does not always appear beautiful. An elementary school in Tejakula district, Singaraja, in contrast, is shabby. Desks for the students are in bad state; they are about to break and there are holes almost everywhere. The ceilings of the classrooms made from plywood are hanging precariously, waiting to fall. A walk in the schools courtyard makes the childrens feetmost of them without shoescaked with dirt.

The pain of last years bomb blast in Ku