2019 has seen the successful running of our three completed kindergartens. Teachers continue to pool resources and collaborate in order to bring about the best outcomes for our growing student base.

Bobe Kindergarten was running by April 2019 with teachers Lala and Teodora taking on the role. Lala has come with experience from Bei Cala kindergarten and Teodora has completed 2 years of teacher training in Dili. We wish them every success.

More furniture has been delivered to Boramba and the teachers grow in confidence. They are looking for ways to build their teaching and entrepreneurial skills. They are building their sewing abilities and looking at buying a photocopy to offer a service to people in the area.

We are also still hope to build a fourth kindergarten in Suai on land donated by the family of Antonio Gomes. Antonio works for the Australian ADF in Dili as an interpreter and in logistics. We are waiting for government approval at present. We can’t thank Bradley enough. His posting in Timor Leste is coming to an end and we wish him every success in the future.

Looking to the future we are focusining on the Suai kindergarten and setting up an Adult Education Centre in Bei Cala. We hope to offer computer courses, English lessons, sewing classes and further kindergarten training as a start. Macbooks have been donated by Robyn Inskip.

Thank you to everyone who has helped us and continues to help us achieve our educational outcomes in Timor Leste in Grub’s memory. Our yearly fundraiser is not too far in the future and I hope to catch up with your all.