Playing field for Ostico
Elvino, who built the school for us, has been working with the villagers to prepare a quote for the materials they will need to build a basic volleyball and basketball
Two steps forward, one step back
Nothing is ever simple in developing countries. Elvino finally reached Lequeracabu’u today and has advised us against building there – apparently the available land is too small and the clay
Builders stranded in flood waters
Well there is never a dull moment in our projects …. Agostinho, Elvino and 4 trades people left today for Lequeracabu’u to investigate the feasibility of a school there. They
Pre-dawn drive, mud and Lequeracabu’u
After a lot of effort and false starts Simon, Jenny and Agostinho may have found a school for our next project in a tiny village called Lequeracabu’u As if to
Wet season is here
We have a list of schools on the “desperate list”, but can’t get to any of them for a look now that the wet season is here and the roads
Leaving Timor
Timorese legend has it that if you drink the milk of a coconut in Timor you will come back. I didn’t drink any coconut milk, but I will be back.
Zoe… Asha…. Leah….
Bruce, Simon and I went back to Ostico School today. The children weren’t in school (I think an unofficial holiday had been declared to clean up after the previous days’
The official opening!
I had no real idea what to expect of the school opening. But it was an incredible day. Stephen and I travelled to Ostico with Kirsty – it was wonderful
A day in Dili
Simon took me up to Dare today – a little hamlet in the mountains behind Dili. It’s not far in distance, but took us about half an hour by car,
We are in Dili
Stephen and I are here. After over a year of thinking about East Timor, we’ve finally arrived. It was a glorious flight from Darwin, with the sun just coming up