The Villas Bali Hotel & Spa was proud to host a special birthday celebration for three boys from the Jodie O’Shea Orphanage in January this year, on behalf of actresses Simone Buchanan and Michala Banas who made a special trip to Bali to visit the orphanage. The visit by Simone -the orphanage’s patron and star of the Australian drama Neighbours- and Michala -a New Zealander of McLeod’s Daughters fame- coincided with the birthdays of Nyong, 9, Dedy, 10, and Ade, 13. The actresses took time out to treat the three birthday boys and a group of their friends to a day of swimming, party games and special treats, and to donate gifts to the orphanage.

Their involvement helps to raise awareness for the orphanage’s work and will directly benefit the orphans’ families back in Sumba, with plans already underway to provide clean water in their villages. “One of the biggest problems these children’s families have is the lack of water in Sumba,” said Alison Chester, founder of the orphanage. “We are going to be putting wells in their villages and Simone is going to come back to support this program and to visit their families, which is a really important initiative.”

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