Jim Finlayson has written to thank PORT PHILLIP Rotary former support of EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES and TOOLS for TIMOR-LESTE.
Four cubic meters of educational resources and tools have been packed up at the Donation in Kind store in Altona and are ready to go to Timor Leste. Educational Resources were donated by the Rotary in Port Phillip and Donations in Kind. Tools have been donated by Sacred Heart Mission in St Kilda and the Men's Shed in Port Phillip.
The educational resources and tools will be send to Judith in Dili to be given to the Salesians in Timor Leste, where they will be distributed to different schools in the city and mountains that get very little support. Timor Leste is the poorest country in South East Asia. The average income is $10 a day. Life is difficult just to provide basic living items.
The educational resources and tools will be used in five technical schools in TL The school in Comoro in Dili offers building and construction, plumbing, mechanics, bricklaying, metal fabrication, office administration and electrical education. The educational goal of these schools is to teach skills to the students so that they may gain employment in the future in TLI have been to TL twice teaching in the city of Dili and in the mountains. I will return again in January next year for two months. I have seen the great work of Rotary in reality in the different projects they carry out in TL from water purification plants, installation of water pipes, educational support and more. Port Phillip Rotary and the Salesians are paying for the shipment of goods to be sent to Timor Leste. It is expensive to get items shipped from Melbourne to TLOn behalf of the students and teachers in Timor Leste, we thank you. Your support is really appreciated, as TL is a very poor country that has endured a lot of heartship.By working together we can achieve a lot. Hopefully when I get to TL next year I will send you pictures of the students using the educational resources and tools.A special thank you to Christina Siciliano and Chris Hendicks for their personal assistance.Jim Finlayson