About us
chanceforchange e.V. is a non-profit association in Seeshaupt, initiated in Bali by the founding couple Dian and Ernst Flügel, see picture, in COVID-19 times, with a focus on 'helping people to help themselves' in Indonesia. There and in Germany we work for change and sustainability issues.
Change must start in the West. Dian and Ernst Flügel saw the enormous imbalance in the world during their one-year sabbatical in Bali. It is visible, for example, through the rubbish - everywhere - and tangible through the extreme dependence of many people there on us.
We currently support 129 families between 3 and 12 months. In the beginning, it was mostly emergency aid to pay for the basic needs of daily life, but now the focus is on building the resilience of the families for the current, as well as future crises.
It is time to share.
Stories, experiences, know-how, opportunities, money. Through transparent and individual solutions directly on the ground.
A chance for all of us to learn from each other, across borders.
We are guided by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. A
guideline for our projects for a socially, economically and ecologically sustainable development of the world. See Home
In particular, we promote exnovative solutions such as traditional handicrafts, organic agriculture, education and the exchange of know-how and partnerships between people, organisations and institutions.
We are currently working in the southwest of the island and in central Bali in the village of Selasih, district of Payangan.
In the southwest, volunteers Intan, Ayu and Lingga help us with the support of the Protestant Church in Canggu and Pak Komang.
In Central Bali, we work on sustainable development goals together with the village Selasih and the non-profit organisation PKP Community Center.
All seven founding members of chanceforchange e.V. in Seeshaupt/ Bavaria work on a voluntary basis and all administrative costs incurred are covered by the founding members.
These are our founding heroes (from top left to right):
Alexandra Ott
Peter Knoll
Stiev Stoll
Nicole Ebner Smiljani
Axel Dechamps
In the Press
31.05.2021 Süddeutsche Zeitung/ Starnberg
About the organisation, the art helps! project and the book Mein Jahr auf Planet Bali
12.05.2021 Das Gelbe Blatt, Penzberg
Informations about our art helps! project
09.05.2021 Weilheimer Tagblatt
A very personal article in the daily newspaper about our time in Bali, how we got involved in charity work there due to the pandemic, how much it changed us and why we are going back to Bali.
