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Working Women's Centre Timor-Leste
An exciting new initiative is taking hold in Timor, with the launch of the country’s first ever Working Women’s Centre planned for September 1st, 2011....
LEARNING TO READ IN THE RAIN – Literacy for Women in East Timor
Uabubo – a village set in the dramatic mountain landscape of East Timor, on the central spine running down the length of the country.Walk a few kilometers up the road from Uabubo and you find yourself standing at a point where the land drops away on both sides – to Viqueque on the south coast and Baucau on the north coast. You can see for miles in both directions – rolling hills with mountains in the background, covered in early morning mists. In the wet season it is lush and green with corn crops, cattle and horses grazing in the distance. An amazing place to live, if you have the leisure to stop and appreciate its beauty....
Vocational Training & Capacity Building
The Knua Buka Hatene ("Place for learning/knowing" in Tetum) Vocational Training Centre opened on 23 November 2001 with four training rooms and one large shed attached for heavy mechanical and carpentry training. The training centre was built with the support of the CFMEU and 14 construction companies....
Timor-Leste Donor Report 2007-08 - Strengthening Trade Unions
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Timor-Leste Donor Report 2007-08 - Tempo Semanal newspaper
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Timor-Leste Donor Report 2007-08 - Library at the National University
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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER - EAST TIMOR’S HOPE
An independent weekly newspaper has arisen from the ashes of last year’s turmoil in East Timor. Tempo Semanal's founder, Jose Belo, has been a TV and print journalist since independence. Belo says the team is distributing at least one copy to every village in the country, thus reaching all districts and sub-districts around the country.Staff from Australia’s Fairfax Media, publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian Financial Review and many other newspapers, are supporting this newspaper venture in East Timor through donations. ...
Building Community Radio
Community Radio is a powerful medium in Timor due to the literacy issues of the community and the passion for the historic and local language Tetum. Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA is supporting two community radio stations in East Timor. ...
Strengthening Trade Unions
Union Aid Abroad–APHEDA together with the ICFTU-APRO, the ACTU and a number of Australian unions, are assisting the formation and strengthening of unions in East Timor. ...
Women's Literacy and Civic Education
Almost two thirds of adult women in East Timor have never attended any kind of school, and for those who have, it is often just for a year or two. A high proportion of older East Timorese women (and men) are illiterate, and if they are to participate in the reconstruction, and share in the development of East Timor, literacy and language training is essential. ...
East Timor University Library Donor Report 2006-2007
Since 2000, Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA has been assisting the Library at the Universidad National Timor Loros'ae (UNTL)....
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