Category: Timor
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International Volunteers Day
I could not resist another quick post showing the signs we created for local Kiosk owners of Gleno for Integrational Volunteers Day. Jocelyn and I covered 2 Kiosks and the other CED volunteers covered a bunch more. We had identified Kiosks which did not have physical signs outside of their shops. Our intent was to…
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Host Family Day, Lauala Visit & Painting
I thought I would get one more post in this week, mainly because I was able to capture some awesome photographs and a lot going on 🥵.. The week started with our Host Family Appreciation Event (Sunday 1st Dec). As part of the event, us Volunteers had a budget to cook some “American” Thanksgiving themed…
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Cornhole and Independence
I want to say that the time, for me, in Timor so far has been rewarding but tough. Its not one particular thing or issue that makes it tough, but rather so many smaller things that compound to make life stressful. Just this morning, I bought a can of spray paint from the local Kiosk…
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Youth Career Development At Chefe Suku Lauala
Life is going well here in Gleno. Those things that seemed alien when I arrived in Timor-Leste are starting to become more normal 😀. This is a short post showing one of our CED (Community Economic Development) training activities. We had the pleasure of visiting a bunch of young people (Joven) at one of the…
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CED And Pre-Service Training
I think I mentioned before that we are actually currently “Trainee” Volunteers who will be “sworn in” as Volunteers mid December. At that point we will be assigned our “Permanent Sites”, organisations and locations (with new Host Family) which we will be with for the following 2 years. The current Pre-Service Training (PST) is a…
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Loron Mate-Bain / All Souls Day
I’m writing this post on the 3rd of November, the day after All Souls Day (Loron Mate -Bain) here in Timor-Leste. It’s a national holiday and a time when Timor people remember their family who have passed away. Generally graves (“Rate” in Tetun) are on the family home and that is where the focus of…
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First 2 weeks In Gleno..
I’ve been here for over 2 weeks with my host family in Gleno. Firstly, I will say I feel very lucky to be here. Domingo and his family are super. The home has a light hearted feel to it. Domingo has a wife, three older daughters, one older son and two younger sons. It took…
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Arriving in Gleno with our Host families
Today was our drive to Gleno to meet out host families and move in to where we will spend the next 10 weeks of PST (Pre Service Training). Everyone was really nervous on the bus out of Dili, primarily about meeting the host family (the other volunteers thought I looked calm, but on the inside…
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A Week In Dili
This post will be a little short on words and I will let the photos try to tell most of the story. We have been here in the capital, Dili, for almost 1 week. Its been a week of language, culture, security and health training here in a small hotel in the capital. I will…
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Dili here we come!!!
We landed in Bali for a brief 1 night stay. The heat and humidity hit me and once we dragged our bags off the airport bus and into the hotel I was pretty drenched in sweat. But… the other volunteers were in high spirits even though the travels had made us tired. It’s funny, but…