Melbourne Lunch raises $32,000 for Sesal School
Two months ago Toby Hemming, who I’d never met, but who’d been to one of our schools in Timor, came to me with the idea of raising money for us
Kirsty Sword Gusmao’s Homecoming
8 months after starting cancer treatment in Australia, Kirsty has returned to Timor-Leste with her and the Prime Minister’s 3 boys. She was met by hundreds of people at the
Timor Rain Clouds have an Architect Silver Lining
We’ve been waiting for the last 2 months for the rains to ease enough for our builder to get his trucks loaded with building supplies up to Ossoluga village.
When we say we work in “remote schools” we’re not joking!
This year’s extra long and wet rainy season has made it hard to get into the remote villages in Timor where Spend it Well works. Agostinho took this 15 second
The Best Part of a School Project
One of my favourite parts of a Spend it Well school project takes place long before the first sod is turned. Once we decide to build a new school, I
Macuale School’s Rockstars
We arranged for the fabulous MAC youth group from Dili to visit Maucale – one of our remote schools. MAC is a dynamic bunch of teenagers who took their electric
RC Melbourne Funds a Year of Teacher Training
I’m delighted to announce that the fabulous people at Rotary Club of Melbourne are funding a series of two day workshops for teachers from our schools over the next year.
MAC and the puppets
The 24 animal puppets have arrived in Timor and been delivered to MAC – the fab youth rights group in Dili. I love the look on the face of
My girls and some puppets
Zoe, my eldest daughter, was with us last year when we saw the fabulous MAC children’s rights group perform at remote Macalaco school. The puppets they used in part of
Napoleao starts his scholarship in NZ
For the last year or so Napoleao, a young Timorese man, has been part of our very small team in Timor. Late last year he heard that after 3 years