Read about us in Dare Magazine
Dare Magazine did a feature article on us last year – you can read it at http://www.dareoutloud.com/restoring-education-in-east-timor/
Festau School has new toilets
Festau School’s two new toilets, funded by Rotary Port Melbourne, are now finished. The toilets are water free and the structure was designed to blend in with its surroundings with
Rotary Port Melbourne building toilets at Festau School
There are no toilets at Festau School – or elsewhere in the village. That’s about to change as Rotary Port Melbourne has funded the $2,000 necessary to build two water
Abu Dhabi School Shirts in Festau Village
We arrived at the tiny mountain village of Festau last week to be greeted by 60 children in school shirts with the “Pearl Primary School” logo on the pocket. The Pearl Primary
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
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
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