Our club has used community projects in Timor Leste to engage Year 12 Margaret River school leavers in community service. This year the Margaret River kids each carried  a laptop computer loaded with some context appropriate educational software (GCompris) on their trip to Timor Leste. The laptops will assist our partner schools to bring digital learning into the classroom.

The intention is to hurry slowly. We hope to make education a centre-piece of our engagement with  engagement with Timor Leste for many years to come.

Timor Classroom

 

Education is the key to escaping poverty. In Timor Leste, the need is abundant. This is one of the poorest countries in the world.

Our project in Timor Leste is still taking shape, but one of the planks of the 2012 project was the introduction of laptop computers into regional schools. The laptops are of course, only a vehicle to deliver software. The GCompris software is a purpose built 3rd world education tool, in many ways ideally suited to Timor Leste. A small number of laptops have been 'seeded' into a couple of schools. Work on the program is ongoing but the intention is to ensure a meaningful and sustainable improvement in education in Timor Leste.

 

Watch this space!!