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Balibo Project in Timor Leste
Type: Story
Published: May 17, 2019
Belola School Opening Please take a few moments to read the information attached. The school mentioned is one we paid transport costs for a container of materials last year. That container also had equipment for other projects in Balibo.As you may pick up, Rotary, through the efforts of Ricardo Krauskopf has built an effective network in Balibo which has started to reach into the government.The Rotary Club of Berwick is a strong part of the Balibo story. Hopefully we will still support the work we have started into the future. Belola Opening DayBelola Opening DayBelola School with 3 classrooms and a teachers' roomBelola School toilets
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BALIBO REPORT
Type: Story
Published: Jul 05, 2018
Visit to Balibo in Timor Leste I visited Balibo in June along with Geoff and Di Double, Roger Thornton, Greg Peck (RC Pakenham), Doug Hemmingway (RC Port Melbourne) and David Dippie (RC Keilor and Donations in Kind). As you may be aware, our Club has been part of some amazing things in the Balibo area. We have been part of creating a Dental Clinic within the Balibo House building and fitting out a Convention Centre which was built through funding by the Victorian Government. Our Club has been actively involved with Donations in Kind pickups (some of which are now in Balibo) and also purchasing exercise books, pens and pencils for overseas schools. Sounds pretty cool don't you think, but are we making a difference? Short answer is YES! Everything that we have put money towards and the help we have given has been gratefully received and most of all appreciated beyond belief. Timor Leste is a young country. There are not a lot of older people as most were killed in recent conflic
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Balibo Project Partnership
Type: Story
Published: Sep 25, 2016
David Dippie from Donations In Kind (DIK) spoke about the Balibo Project Partnership. The clubs in this project are Berwick, Carlton, Keilor, Pakenham and Port Melbourne. Balibo, in Timor Leste is one of the poorest countries in the world and the government is fully supportive of Rotary. The project involved building a dental clinic that can be used for other medical uses, a new kitchen that will support a café and dental nurse accommodation. Not only Rotary has provided money but other organisations such as the Melbourne Dental Hospital contributed. They supplied chairs. Many dentists have volunteered to go over and assist. From a Rotary perspective this project is now complete. The new goal is to supply educational facilities and support. 6 Kindergartens, 23 Primary Schools and 6 High Schools have been identified for help. Local structures are in place were a local school teacher is identi
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Cluster Meeting: Balibo House Trust Presentation
Type: Event
Published: Aug 01, 2021
Contact: Roger Thornton Online Registration Registration for this event is now closed. 25Sep2019 Berwick Sep 25, 2019 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
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Balibo project report and Partner Night
Type: Event
Published: Aug 01, 2021
Contact: Di Scheepers Online Registration Registration for this event is now closed. 29Aug2018 Berwick Aug 29, 2018 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
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Being the inspiration in Balibo, Timor Leste
Type: Story
Published: Jul 22, 2018
Posted by Sam McCurdy on Jul 22, 2018 David Button, Geoff and Di Double, Roger Thornton, Greg Peck (RC Pakenham), Doug Hemmingway (RC Port Melbourne) and David Dippie (RC Keilor and Donations in Kind) visited Balibo in June 2018. Rotary Club of Berwick has been part of some amazing things in the Balibo area. We have been part of creating a Dental Clinic within the Balibo House building and fitting out a Convention Centre which was built through funding by the Victorian Government. Our Club has been actively involved with Donations in Kind pickups (some of which are now in Balibo) and also purchasing exercise books, pens and pencils for overseas schools. Everything that we have put money towards and the help we have given has been gratefully received and most of all appreciated beyond belief. Timor Leste is a young country. There are not a lot
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Joint Meeting with Packenham: Balibo Trust Program
Type: Event
Published: Aug 01, 2021
Contact: Adrian Froggatt 21Sep2016 Berwick Sep 21, 2016 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Holm Park Recreation Reserve Emerald Beaconsfield Road Beaconsfi
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Balibo Partnership Project
Type: Story
Published: Jun 23, 2017
We have had a letter from Roger Thornton (DIK District Chair) regarding the Balibo project: Thank you, your President and your Club for your support. As we have discussed it is not only what we do it is also what we cause to happen. Collectively we made a lot happen and as we continue to prove we can achieve much more when we work as a team. Take pride in what you have helped accomplish. This time last year no one imagined that two wonderful people would commit six months of their lives to support the Balibo community. Like your club some of the others who helped this year, support for Balibo was not part of their plan. You can celebrate being in all of the achievements but you should be particularly pleased with the Balibo 5 Kindergarten Extension. Without your support it would not have been completed this year. Ross assures us to will be complete before he returns home. If your Club wishes to be a partner in the New Year it would be our pleasure to share the journey with you
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Balibo Dental Clinic kicking goals
Type: Story
Published: Feb 26, 2021
Posted by David Button on Feb 25, 2021 Rotary is a great organisation to transform lives through cooperation. For example, the Rotary Clubs of Berwick, Pakenham and Mt Eliza (in District 9820) played a part in creating a dental clinic for the people in the Balibo District of Timor Leste. We were part of a bigger picture with Rotary Clubs far and wide, RAWCS, DIK, the Balibo Trust, Palms Australia, the Timor Leste Government, a band of volunteer Australian dentists and the local village elders. Each group worked together to bring dentistry and oral hygiene to an area that had previously never had a dentist. When I visited the clinic in 2018 with Roger Thornton (RC Pakenham), Geoff and Di Double (RC Berwick), David Dippie (RC Keilor) and Doug Hemmingway (RC Port Melbourne), it was just getting going. The two people in blue above, Sidone and Felix were the first dental nurses tra
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Balibo Presentation
Type: Story
Published: Aug 31, 2018
A very interesting and informative presentation was provided by some of the group of Rotarians who visited Timor Leste in June this year. The group included representatives from the Rotary Clubs of Berwick, Pakenham, Keilor and Port Melbourne. They visited Balibo and Belola travelling in 4-wheel drive vehicles along generally unmade roads. Balibo is 75 Km from Dili airport and is only 10 Km from the Indonesian border. It is infamous for the fact that Indonesian Special Forces killed five journalists from Australian TV networks in 1975. 70% of the country's infrastructure was destroyed in the Indonesian invasion and 130,000 - 150,000 people died. Therefore, Timor Leste is a new and developing nation with very little resources and a strong need to develop education and health. Habitual chewing of the betel-nut has led to a signicant problem with dental hygiene. Two years ago, Rotary funded the formation of a dental clinic in Balibo House, which had been purchased by the Vic