Who wants to be a very lucky Melbourne Cup winner? Come along to Timor Time for some fun with a purpose – the support of ATLAS projects in Timor-Leste Timor Time will be on Sunday 16 October, 2016 12 noon for 12:30 at Dooley’s Catholic Club 24/28 John St, Lidcombe NSW www.dooleys.com For tickets, ring…
Why is something simple such a great thing? Finding land and building a shed in East Timor is not as simple as going to a real estate to buy land and then down to Bunnings to buy the materials. Vitál de Jesus, a young Timorese man whom ATLAS supports through education and training, has worked…
Recently, members of the ATLAS Board had the pleasure of meeting in Canberra with Sister Inacia Malfalda Fatima from Timor-Leste. Sister Inacia is responsible, on behalf of the Carmelite Sisters, for the program of financial support which ATLAS provides for the care and education of the children at St Therese’s Orphanage Maubara. During the past…
Women and girls in developing countries are often denied opportunities for education.[1] Yet, it is one of the most critical areas of development and the single most effective way to improve the lives of individuals and families as well as to contribute to social and economic development.[2] Timor-Leste is one of the world’s youngest nations…
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Friends, our next Timor Time is set for Sunday, October 16, for lunch at Dooley’s Lidcombe. Come along for great prizes!
Institutu Ciençias Religiosas (ICR, or College Bispo Medeiros) has 300 students studying to be teachers and social workers. Here Chris saw last year’s ATLAS water project, which means that the students and teachers now have accessible water at the college. The college leaders have improved the pipes and have covered the tank and pump, making…
After visiting the piggery site, the group went to Metinaro near the army base and visited a community house for disabled people, most of whom are crippled. A training centre is being built, so that the disabled people can teach computer skills to the local community. A couple of the disabled men have done IT…
Chris went with Father Adriano Ola and Department of Agriculture officials to inspect a piggery site which is on a large section of Diocesan land at Hera. Father Adrian would like to develop a piggery here to breed and sell pigs for profit, which would fund the social welfare projects he is responsible for, as…
Sister Inacia and the Carmelite Sisters are in the final stages of finishing off the new kitchen at Maubara Orphanage. They have had an amazing job done! Chris Scharf reported that they needed to assess the old tank, which was then removed by the kitchen builders. They also need to paint the roof of the…
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