Julio the builder and the local community are doing a fabulous job building the new school at Faluwai.  It now has a roof which means that work will be able

Some private donors from the Rotary Club of Port Melbourne decided they wanted to celebrate the recent 20th anniversary of East Timor’s independence referendum in a significant way. So they

Who said that nothing good ever came from school reunions?  At a recent get-together one of my old Wynnum High school friends Richard Burke realised his club the Redlands United

540 Timorese kids have just received a school desk and chair from Australian schools which have upgraded their furniture. Instead of being landfilled – Rotary has collected this furniture which

Railuli School is officially open after a day of singing, dancing and a feast of buffalo!  The 3 classroom building, plus teachers’ room and block of 3 toilets replaces the

Belola’s school garden has started, with the local community helping by building the fence. Timorese NGO Permatil is working with Belola and 6 surrounding schools over the next 12 months

The wet season has been so long and heavy that  the road to Railuli was washed away, making the village accessible only by foot and motorbike.  The good news though

The school, toilets and playground would not be at Belola School without Agostinho (left of first photo) and Napo – our project manager and technical support engineer.  They are the

Belola School’s beautiful playground would not be there without the time and effort given by many people at the City of Geelong, Omnitech Playgrounds, Rotary Donations in Kind, Rotary Club

Belola School has been opened with much pomp, ceremony, colour and enthusiasm.  Myself, Nandy, Simon and Agostinho from Spend it Well were there to celebrate with the villagers and with