Duduk Atas Primary School was founded in 2002 for around 35 children, who live in the mountainous area around Senggigi on the island of Lombok. Some kids have a three-hour walk through this area to get to school. When we came into contact with the school in 2008, the number of pupils had grown from 35 to 150. The school was bursting at its seams. It was therefore a challenge to sell as many T-shirts as possible to be able to finance the renovation and building of extra classrooms.
At the start of 2009, we sold the very first Face This T-shirt in the Netherlands, featuring drawings made at Duduk Atas. In the end, we would sell more than 1000, from three collections. Together with a lot of donations, enough money was collected in one year to finance the projected renovation, new construction and school materials. Now, after the rebuilding, the school provides education to more than 250 pupils.