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Population: 1.1 million
Young people under 18 years: 50%
Unemployed young people: 80%
Life expectancy at birth: 62 years
Infant mortality rate: 40 per 1000 live births
People living below 55c US per day: 41%
Many East Timorese live in poverty, with poor sanitation, poor water supply, and little access to services - health, education and transport. People are often very malnourished - TB, Malaria, Dengue fever and water-borne diseases are common.
- Provided nutritious lunches at St Antonio's Secondary College, Baucau.
- Subsidised costs of English - Tetum Dictionaries.
- Paid school fees for poor students at St Antonio's Secondary College, Baucau.
- Paid expenses for Salesian Youth Group, Baucau.
- Fully supported fourteen and partially supported eighteen Tertiary students, now graduated.
- Fully supporting three trainee teachers at the Marist Teachers College in Baucau.
- Paying fees for fourteen students at Don Bosco Trade School in Dili.
- Fully supporting four University students in Jogjakarta in Indonesia.
- Partially supporting four tertiary students at Dili Institute.
- Twenty-six men and women have made fifty-two visits to Baucau, staying as guests of the Salesian Community.
- They have taught English and other subjects at St Antonio's and at other schools.
- They have provided vocational guidance for senior students and contributed to their welfare needs, and they have joined in extra-curricular activities.
Bairnsdale Friends of East Timor thanks the community for its generous support of Raffles, Concerts, Film Nights, and other functions. Individuals whose donations contribute substantially towards scholarship funds are gratefully acknowledged.
Phone Mary Anne and Brian Esmonde 51579200 or Sue Deery 51577507 for further information.
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