Los Palos School – 5 Years On
Here are a couple of recent photos from Los Palos School where Spend it Well and the Office of Kirsty Sword Gusmao built 3 new classrooms and renovated 7 existing classrooms
Maucale School’s New Library
It may not look like much – but this tiny library is a massive step forward for Macuale School. Until now, there has been absolutely no books available for the
Look out Kids!
This is one of 14 teachers heading home to her remote village after the 3 day training workshop in Dili. She’s heading back with a headful of knowledge and an
14 Teachers Visit Dili for 3 Days of Training
14 teachers from the Rural Schools Development Program’s schools (some coming from as far as 9 hours away) are in Dili for a 3 day training workshop. The course includes
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
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
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
1000s of Stationery Items to head to Timor
Thanks to the amazing Rotary Club of Unley SA, 2200 exercise books, 1000 pencils, 80 backpacks and heaps of erasers, coloured pencils, sharpeners etc are packed and ready to be