Thuy Nguyen volunteering in Timor-Leste

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Lebos Village, Lolotoe, Timor-Leste

The Director of Education for Lolotoe, Lebos Village's Assistant Chief and Manager of Encouragement House
The remote villages of Lebos, Gildapil and Lontas are located high in the mountains of East Timor, close to the border with Indonesia. The challenges of rural life are many in Timor-Leste, with very limited services available to ensure people have access to rights such as quality education and health care. Young people can be particularly disadvantaged with pressures to work on the land or raise children making it difficult to complete their schooling. Encouragement House, based in the regional centre of Maliana and operated with support from Encouragement Foundation in Australia, aims to provide opportunities to rural youth to access education and improve their family’s and their community’s quality of life.  The education opportunities include a combination of both academic and vocational subjects to serve both those hoping for further studies or employment and those who will continue to work in their village. The Manager of Encouragement House, Mr Deolinda da Costa placed a request with Palms Australia for a volunteer to work in Youth Development and Library Development for the communities around Lebos Village.

Thuy Cecilia Nguyen

Palms Australia recruited Thuy Nguyen, a Social Worker and Community Development Worker from Adelaide, to fill the request placed by Encouragement House. Thuy has extensive experience in social work and community development with qualifications including a Masters in Education Studies in Guidance and Counselling and a Bachelor of Social Science. Thuy has demonstrated a strong life-long commitment to working for justice in the world, having previously worked and volunteered in Papua New Guinea, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, Kenya, India and outback Australia. She is fluent in Vietnamese, English and Tok Pisin and has a grasp of a number of other languages. Palms Australia and Encouragement House are very confident that Thuy will contribute to improved opportunities for the people of Lebos.

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Timor-Leste

timor-leste

Population: 1,108,777

Area: 15,007 sq. km.

Median Age: 21.5

Literacy: 58.6 %

Languages: Tetum, Portuguese, Indonesian, about 16 indigenous languages

A brief history of independence. mid 1500s – Timor colonised by Portugal 1859 – Portugal cedes West Timor to the Dutch 1942-1945 – Japan occupies East Timor 28 November 1975 – East Timor declared independent from Portugal 7 December 1975 – invaded and occupied by Indonesia. It is estimated that 100,000 to 250,000 were killed [...]

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