PROJECT ‘OSTICO EAST TIMOR’
06 March 2013
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 the little boy with the crocodile puppet. Two sets of puppets will stay with MAC for their performances – the other two sets will be given to the remote Ostico and Macuale schools when MAC perform for them. The puppets have come from Bangladesh via Earthlink Handcrafts, to Brisbane with my girls, now to MAC in Dili. The next step of their journey will take them via 4WD into the mountains about 4 hours from Dili.
  
project: Lequeracabu'u East Timor, Lospalos East Timor, Macalaco East Timor, Maucale East Timor, OSTICO EAST TIMOR
27 February 2013
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 the performance were pretty old and tatty, so my two younger daughters and I decided to find them some new ones. We were able to get 4 sets of 6 great animal puppets made by ladies in Bangladesh and imported by the lovely Sally at Earthlink Handcrafts. Few Timorese children know how to give personalities and names to animals so the girls decided to help them by finding out the Tetum name for each animal and naming them. So Leo Lafaek (crocodile), Sammy Samea (snake) and the others are now in Timor. We’re planning MAC performances at the schools in the villages of Festau and Ostico, so the puppets will make their journey to those remote villages soon.
  
project: Lequeracabu'u East Timor, Lospalos East Timor, Macalaco East Timor, Maucale East Timor, OSTICO EAST TIMOR
07 February 2013
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 shipped to Timor. Once in Dili, they’ll be loaded onto trucks and taken by Agostinho on a long journey to the remote schools where we work. For schools with almost no resources, these will be like gold. Thanks also to Officeworks at Prospect and Keswick for their generous contributions.
 
project: Lequeracabu'u East Timor, Lospalos East Timor, Macalaco East Timor, Maucale East Timor, OSTICO EAST TIMOR
05 February 2013
Welcome to the people of Grassroots
Grassroots are a group of people in Australia who commit $50 each a month and meet quarterly to decide where to direct their money for maximum impact. We’re delighted to have just received a donation from them and will be sure to Spend it Well!
project: Lequeracabu'u East Timor, Lospalos East Timor, Macalaco East Timor, Maucale East Timor, OSTICO EAST TIMOR
09 January 2013
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/
project: Lequeracabu'u East Timor, Lospalos East Timor, Macalaco East Timor, Maucale East Timor, ostico, OSTICO EAST TIMOR
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