Xanadu

BALIBO PRE-SCHOOL

Alison — Sat, 14 May 2011 04:32:03 +0000

A Big Thank You to All Our Customers

Alison — Thu, 12 May 2011 06:59:04 +0000

Your generous donations have enabled us to undertake, and complete, our pre-school project in Balibo, East Timor.

The school opened on March 14th, with 40 3-7 year olds.

Local materials
a local buidling team
2 classrooms
2 toilets
kitchen
office
vegetable garden plot
playground
no power tools – saws, hammers, chisels, ropes
and great heart and determination

View the images at this link.

Outcomes 2010

Alison — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:14:13 +0000

Our school in Balibo is now under construction, due for completion by mid December. Whew! A long and intense amount of work on that one, and well worth it. The littlies there are just great, and I am certain that education will be a great benefit for them.

Fundraising Efforts

Alison — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:50:47 +0000

$6.00 = 1 bag of cement to help build the pre-school

$10.00 = 1 educational pack for pre-school children at the balibo project

Pre-school educational books developed by The Mary MacKillop Centre in Dili, and Timorese

people, in Tetun, their natural spoken language.

Balibo Pre-School

Alison — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:42:39 +0000

The PRR order of nuns, who have been involved with the village life at Balibo for more than 10 years, are currently running a pre-school for children aged 2-5, from borrowed rooms in the area. They, and the village of Balibo, would love to have their own premises, so that the sisters are able to properly care for these children from very poor families, and feed them daily on the recognized Timor malnutrition program. Malnutrition, lack of running water, lack of adequate hygiene and education are major contributors to such high levels of illness and death of young children in Timor. A pre-school dedicated to their needs, with teaching facilities, playground, and kitchen will aid their survival enormously.

A donation of $6.00 will buy one bag of cement, and aid in the construction of this important facility.

Find out about the Balibo School Plans… click the images to enlarge:

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PRODUCTS

Alison — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:20:08 +0000

Travels 2009

Alison — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:08:52 +0000

I visited both East Timor and West Timor during November 2009 on behalf of Xanadu, and returned with two important projects that we believe are achievable, necessary, and will provide the long-term help in health and education that families in the local village communities have asked for. Read about it from the link to TIMOR in the menu.

PICTURES

Alison — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:54:39 +0000

TRAVELS IN EAST AND WEST TIMOR IN 2009

See the pictures from EAST TIMOR

See the pictures from WEST TIMOR

HOSPITAL

Alison — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:27:27 +0000

HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY CENTRE IN NAOB WEST TIMOR

OSSAA (overseas surgical specialists association of Australia) has, for many years, visited this area in West Timor to evaluate and undertake surgery on children with congenital birth deformities (cleft palate and hair lip). Our South Australian team, led by Dr. Mark Moore AM, have worked closely with local medical staff there. The area, whose population in West Timor numbers around 400,000, needs a hospital, surgery, a school for children, and community centre care, to deal with the needs of villagers, and, in particular, those suffering from leprosy, in some villages, up to 10% of its population. And, it is curable. Dr Harianto (Harry to us all!), and the sisters living on their mission in Naob, work tirelessly for the communities, and wish to set up adequate medical facilities, as well as a school, and an educational re-training centre for the very poor local villages. Along with other areas of Timor, they need water – health care – education, and the proposed plan for buildings and equipment is achievable, and necessary. This is a longer term project than the Balibo pre-school but is vitally important for the education and health of the local village families.

If you can help see our information on how to make a donation on this page.

You will be participating in making such a difference in the lives of these village families, if you can help.

Yes… we will get our school. Yes… we will heal.

PRE-SCHOOL

Alison — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:26:39 +0000

PRE-SCHOOL IN BALIBO

Xanadu has raised the funds of $20,000.00 which enabled construction of the pre-school, daily education and feeding of the children, and health care for 2-5 year olds and their families. This made such a difference in the lives of these village families.

Read about the process on this page.

View the images on this page.

The project has not ended with the completion of the building – we are organizing scholarships for the 3-7 year olds in the area whose parents cannot afford to pay school fees of $4.00 per month. We are also giving the primary school some help – the pre-school building is on the primary school grounds. We met with the headmaster of the primary school, and, our investigation and conversations with them shows a serious lack of basic needs for the primary school. They have limited exercise books, pens, and basic teaching materials, and the headmaster asked for help in sponsoring a young teacher who cannot afford teacher training, comes to the school every day to volunteer in helping with the younger children. And, he asked for a non-electric typewriter so that he can prepare lessons and reports. Basic things needed. He is very good at his work, and just needs some help for the school’s daily operation. So, we are continuing with help for the primary school, and in financing and upgrade for the mission, so that it can be used as a tourist stopover point for paying travellers. The money earned from this will help pay ongoing costs for the pre-school.

This is the next phase in the Balibo project work, we have not stopped fundraising at the completion of the building, but plan to help with ongoing educational needs for the Balibo area.

If you can help see our information on how to make a donation on this page.