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Due to Covid-19 we are unable to raise funds by community events (movie nights, sausage sizzles etc) for our many projects in Same, East Timor.
We now rely on coffee, spice and handcraft sales and your donations.
Thank you for your support.
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'Donations to continue to support the inclusive education of blind and vision impaired children at
Fuan Nabilan are needed urgently!!
Tax-deductible donations to support Fuan Nabilan students can be made to the Australian Salesian Mission Overseas Aid Fund
Donations can be made to:
Australian Salesian Mission Overseas Aid Fund (A.S.M.O.A.F)
Commonwealth Bank Australia
367 Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000
BSB 063003 A/C 00127879
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Friends of Same Coffee
Support our projects in
East Timor by buying
Friends of Same coffee.
(naturally grown in East Timor and available in Beans or Ground, 250gm packets).
Look out for our new coffee packaging!!
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Coffee can be ordered online and posted free of charge - (8 packs for $72).
Or contact us to buy coffee or spices from the Hawthorn Community House on a Thursday.
32 Henry Street, Hawthorn, Phone: 9819 2629
Email: fossame@gmail.com
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Vision Impairment Education Centre
(Fuan Nabilan)
'Many thanks to Boroondara Central Lions for funding uniforms and school expenses for students, and to Corpus Christi Social Justice Group for funding the salary for integration Aide Prisca'.
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Fuan Nabilan students at Senior High School COSAMAR
(St Michael's College, Same)
Nelimia - class 1 , Natalia - class 3 , Ediana - class 1,
Beby - class 1 - with integration aide Prisca.
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Ediana starting to walk to school, Ediana is completely blind,
but she wears glasses to protect her eyes from dust and low branches.
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Juvita, the primary school integration aide.
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Giovana in her school uniform.
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The Fuan Nabilan Garden
The Fuan Nabilan garden is doing well, (thanks to Boroondara Central Lion for funding fencing and gate).
They have had good rain, so the corn and tapioca are doing well, but also the weeds. The food garden has been of great benefit in improving the diet of students and staff of Fuan Nabilan.
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The photos show a) Joaquim, co-director of Fuan Nabilan weeding corn, and b) students and staff of Fuan Nabilan weeding corn and tapioca crops.
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Baucau College
Baucau Teacher's College has 2 scholarship students this year, Ercilio and Abrao. (Lidia our other student at Baucau Teachers College has graduated).
Principal Margie Beck has emailed to say that Ercilio's results for Semester 2 were very good, he received 1 high distinction(HD),
3 distinctions, and 1 credit.
Abrao has received 2 HD in his Lic.Ed. so far - Research Methods and Portuguese Language Education.
Margie wrote 'He is one of the most committed students I have ever worked with, so thank you again for your support for him.'
The Timorese Government is funding 800 more school teaching positions, so that is encouraging.
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UBTL
(Universidade Boaventura
Timor-Leste)
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UNTL (Universidade Timor Lorosae) graduate former student Gabriella with four of her students at UBTL (Universidade Boaventura Timor-Leste) who are going on a 1 month internment to Rotutu village to help with vegetable growing there.
Rotutu is a village in the mountains in Same subdistrict - a while ago FoS helped repair the primary school there, which was falling down. it was a big job because no vehicle access, and paths often impassable in wet season, so hard to get building material there.
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UNTL (Universidade Timor Lorosae) graduate former student Gabriella with four of her students at UBTL (Universidade Boaventura Timor-Leste) who are going on a 1 month internment to Rotutu village to help with vegetable growing there.
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'FoS former scholarship student Arpar Castela has been working at ISAT (Industry Safety, Assessment and Training ) in Dili for almost 4 months. ISAT is a registered and accredited vocational training provider in Timor, see https://isat.tl/info/ '
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'The FoS & East Timor Hearts Fund, 18 May celebration helped raise funds for heart patients like Tomas Pinto, shown in the photo with his baby son Peter .
Following life-saving heart surgery in Australia, maths teacher Tomas and his wife Barbara welcomed a new baby boy, named Peter Cosgrove Pinto, in honour of the Australian peacekeeping hero (who is now also a patron of ETHF in his role as Governor-General).
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Update on the Hawthorn Craft Market
The monthly Hawthorn Craft Market in Hawthorn Arts Centre is starting again on Sunday mornings, after the long lockdown due to COVID restrictions .
Friends of Same has a regular stall here, selling Timorese woven articles (scarves, bags, etc also soap, spices and salt from Timor, crafts from Nepal (maybe add a sentence about the Nepalese crafts - who makes them) and of course delicious 'Friends of Same' coffee.
We are appealing for volunteers to help on the FoS stall occasionally and for drivers to drop off and pick up the craft and coffee occasionally (pick up from Hawthorn Community House sometime during the week, drop off to the FoS stall at Hawthorn Arts Centre before the market starts, and pick it up when the stall closes).
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Join us at the Makers Market, 1st Sunday of each month.
It's a great Sunday out, we look forward to seeing you there.
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Handmade Products from Nepal
Friends of Same have some exciting new handmade products from Nepal
Join us at the Makers Market on the 1st Sunday of the month at the Hawthorn Town Hall
10.30am to 3pm to view them or visit the Hawthorn Community House every We are in the office every Thursday.
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Timorese Spices - Friends of Same & Timorganic
Now, you can also support our projects by buying our special Timorese Spices: Cinnamon $5, Turmeric $5 and Ginger $7!!!
All grown and selected by independent farmers in Timor Leste using only natural production methods with No fertilizer or agro-toxics.
For information how to purchase this NEW product go to: WWW.friendsofsame.org
E: info@friendsofsame.org or call Hawthorn Community House on 03 98192629
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Coffee can be purchased at the Hawthorn Community House
32 Henry Street, Hawthorn
Ph: 0398192629
The Friends of Same office is open on a Thursday from 9am - 4.30pm
Email info@friendsofsame.org.
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Coffee Fundraising Drive
Support our projects in East Timor by buying Friends of Same coffee (naturally grown in East Timor and available in Beans or Ground 250 gm packets).
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Support our projects
Donate by electronic deposit, credit card or post cheques to our Treasurer at Friends of Same, 32 Henry Street Hawthorn, 3122. Tax deductible donations can be made via the Salesian Mission. Please check out more details on website.
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We also would to send a special thanks
to the stores that sell our coffee:
IGA Renaissance,
Boccaccio Cellars,
Leo's Fine Food & Wine
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