New classrooms going up at Los Palos
Elvino (our builder) and his workmen are making excellent progress on the new building at Los Palos school. The foundations are in and walls are up – all looking great.
2nd Spend it Well Teacher Training Workshop
The 20 teachers from the 4 schools where Spend it Well works, have now attended their second 2 day training workshop. Lke the previous one, this workshop focused on how to teach numeracy, building
In Dili for East Timor’s 10th anniversary
It’s not every day you get to be part of a country’s 10th anniversary celebrations. What was the most amazing part of it for me? Not the red, black and
Our new school project – Lospalos
My kids’ school in Brisbane has 350 children in 15 classrooms plus music room, library, hall etc etc. Lospalos primary school has 848 students in 7 run-down classrooms – and nothing else. Even with
New uniforms for kids at Macalaco School
At last year’s opening ceremony for the classrooms we built at Macalaco School, I felt sad to see how old the kid’s school uniforms were. Obviously washed with care by
Teaching the teachers
It’s my hope that the last 2 days were the beginning of a transformation of teaching at the 4 schools where Spend it Well is working. Spend it Well funded a
Training for 16 of our teachers
We believe that building schools for kids is essential, but not enough by itself. Many teachers in Timor haven’t had the chance of proper training and this is something we’ve been
Macalaco’s garden is off the mark
At the risk of boring you all, here are photos of more plants! These photos make me really happy because they show just what the villagers are able to do
Macalaco School in Action
While Macalaco’s new school building looked great at the opening ceremony, I always love seeing new classrooms actually being used by the kids. Agostinho visited all 4 Spend it Well schools last week and sent
Search for our next school starts
I am definitely best left at home when the investigative trips are made to decide on our next school projects. The Ministry of Education gives us the schools at the