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Notification of AGM
The Friends of Same Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 31 October 2023, at 11 a.m. at Hawthorn Community House, 32 Henry St.,Hawthorn. All welcome to attend. And the FoS committee would welcome new volunteers to join us on the FoS committee,
Many thanks to Jason and welcome Sabita
Our hardworking treasurer Jason will be retiring at the AGM, so we would like to thank Jason for his support of FoS over this time, and welcome Sabita who is volunteering as the new treasurer after the AGM.
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Bean Alliance is the new supplier of FoS Timor Friendship Coffee to FoS coffee customers, having taken over from Coffex.
FoS thanks Coffex for it's long time support and look forward to working with Bean Alliance in continuing to sell great coffee from Timor-Leste in support of FoS projects and Timorese coffee farmers.
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Call for more committee members
Although it's more than 20 years since Timor-Leste became independent, there are still many challenges - e.g. malnutrition, lack of infrastructure, high maternal and infant mortality particularly in rural areas, so Friends of Same has a continuing role.
Being a FoS committee member isn't time-consuming, and committee members don't need to live in Boroondara, as many FoS meetings are conducted by zoom. So please consider joining us! For more information email fossame@gmail.com or info@friendsofsame.org.
We'd love to have more people join the FoS committee, in particular, anyone who could fill the treasurer position, as Jason will be retiring at the AGM.
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Computers sent via Computers 4 Community and Rotary Donations in Kind have now arrived at Same Youth Centre.
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Fuan Nabilan students, Ediana, Aderita and Jose with integration aide Prisca at St Michael's Secondary College, Same (COSAMAR)
Scholarship student Ercilio now completing his final year at Baucau Teachers College hopes to start teaching next year at a new school in Same started by Better Timor.
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Ediana, (a blind, Fuan Nabilan student), using the laptop donated by Friends of Same (with thanks to Computers 4 Community who refurbished the laptop and Rotary Donations in Kind who shipped it to Timor-Leste.
Ediana is using NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA,)software, a free, open source, globally accessible screen reader for blind and vision impaired people.The photos show Joaquim and Joana co-directors of Fuan Nabilan helping Ediana using the laptop.
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Fernanda,who has a degenerative eye condition and is vision-impaired, has graduated from school and university and now works at Fuan Nabilan,as a mentor to younger students, and also helping in the food garden. Part of the garden has been made into a shade house for growing vegetable seedlings, and the photos show Fernanda watering tomato seedlings.
Many thanks to Boroondara Central Lions, and Corpus Christi Social Justice Group for supporting Fuan Nabilan.
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Friends of Same Coffee
Support our projects in
Same, by buying
Friends of Same coffee.
(naturally grown in East Timor and available in Beans or Ground, 250gm packets).
Excellent value for great tasting coffee, Sales go towards FoS projects in Same as well as supporting coffee
growers in Timor-Leste.
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Coffee can be ordered online via the website and posted free of charge -
(8 packs for $84)
Please note the change in price to our coffee.
Friends of Same coffee is now also available from the Coffex website. https://www.coffex.com.au/products/timor250g
Or contact Dusty on 0433 709 201 email: fossame@gmail.com
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We send special thanks
to the stores that sell our coffee:
IGA Renaissance,
Leo's Fine Food & Wine - Kew, Hartwell & Heidleberg
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Nepalese felt fairies are still available as well as coffee
and tais scarves.
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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 (ASMOAF)
3 Middle Street, PO BOX 264,
ASCOT VALE, VICTORIA, 3032
Commonwealth Bank Australia
BSB 063 003 A/C 0012 7879
367 Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000
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Support our projects
Donate by electronic deposit, or credit card Ph 0439 555 291.
Tax deductible donations can be made via the Salesian Mission.
Please check out more details on website.
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