The Encouragement Foundation

Roofs On! – In Timor

The school hostel is now a reality and will be ready for the first 40 children to move in by the start of the school year 2010.

The photos show the hostel with the roof going on. The small building to the right of the hostel is where the house parents will live. They will move in to their house in September this year and will be busy establishing the gardens and readying the hostel for the children.

Liz and I are using our Qantas frequent flier points for another trip to catch up with Deo and to check the progress of the projectin East Timor.

This will be an important visit as we will be planning future stages, amongst other things. We will have more photos to share with you then.

By the way, if you would like more information about Encouragement House or anything else to do with the project please email me at any time.

A number of people have expressed a possible interest in projects associated with the hostel and the children.

While it is a little too early for this at present we will keep you informed if you would like to register an interest.

On another note and in terms of the overall mission of The Encouragement Foundation we would like to acknowledge Deo’s parents Benjamin and Tina. They are great examples of real encouragers.

Their encouragement through education has now given all their children a path out of the poverty they may have suffered as farm hands in their remote rural village in the highlands of East Timor.

Their son, Deo, aged 28, has a booming future in East Timor and is devoting his life to charitable works and of course is very much involved with Encouragement House.

Florenzo, aged 26, is working for World Vision.

Mery, aged 21, is working for the Mary Stopes Foundation.

Lota, aged 19, is a full time student at uni learning tourism.

Deo, Florenzo and Mery all contribute financially to ensure Lota
completes her degree.

We all hope that Encouragement House will bring these opportunities to many more young Timorese people.

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