Archive for September, 2010
30 September 2010
Lequeracabu’u School is almost finished!
Lequeracabu’u School is almost finished and is looking great. Photos from Dinis’ latest trip are attached. It’s hard to imagine a more spectacularly positioned school! The school will be officially opened by Kirsty Sword Gusmao in a couple of weeks – more details will follow soon. More good news is that we’ve obtained separate funding for guttering and a water tank which will be delivered in the next couple of days.
  
project: Lequeracabu'u East Timor
29 September 2010
School desks arrive at Ostico School
To try and prevent further deforestation in East Timor, there are strict limits on cutting down trees. One of the results of that policy though, is a critical shortage of school furniture (which is normally made out of wood). As a result of appeals by Kirsty Sword Gusmao, used furniture from Australian schools has been donated and sent to East Timor. Ostico School (which Spend it Well rebuilt and extended last year) was the beneficiary of some of these last week. The happy smiles from the children say it all really!
  
project: OSTICO EAST TIMOR
10 September 2010
The school roof is on!
Dinis was at Lequeracabu’u again over the weekend. The school is coming along really well – the roof is on and the laying of the bricks to make the walls has started. Lots of great photos – the school is in an amazing spot.
03 September 2010
Dinis – Spend it Well’s first employee
We’re delighted to have hired Dinis de Jesus Inacio as our first employee. While everyone involved with Spend it Well in Timor is incredibly generous with their time, they are all juggling what they do for Spend it Well with busy full time jobs. With a 10 hour round trip to a school site like Lequeracabu’u, we really needed someone dedicated to us who can get out to the sites regularly to check on progress and report back with photos.
Dinis is a fantastic Timorese guy. We’ve bought a motor bike for him to get around so we’ll have lots of reports from him coming through. In line with Spend it Well’s philosophy, all the costs associated with Dinis and his motorbike are separately funded, no donor money will be used.
project: Lequeracabu'u East Timor, OSTICO EAST TIMOR
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