EBC 4 de Setembro, Railaco

On New Years’ Day 2024, 18 year old Leo Norman and Cezary Carmichael headed off to ride around Australia on push bikes and raise money to build a school in Timor-Leste.  They raised the US$64,000 needed to build a school at Builecon in Balibo in 2025 and also raised half the money for another school. 

EBC 4 de Setembro is a school in Railaco, a small town about 1.5 hours drive from Dili.  It has 488 students in years 7, 8 and 9.  They have 8 school buildings, but one was in a terrible condition and the Timor Leste Ministry of Education asked if we could build 3 more classrooms.

One of Cezary and Leo’s supporters, Liz Hollingworth, stepped in to raise and contribute the other half of the US$45,000 needed to build the school a new 3 classroom building.

On October 9 the Minister of Education officially opened the new school building.  We had Liz and also Leo’s parents Phil and Cate there to celebrate with us, the students and the community.