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Happy B Day, Kirsty Sword Gusmao!

>> 20140419

Fundação Alola - 10º Aniversário - 21 Maio 2011

>> 20110522

PARABÉNS ALOLA! PARABÉNS KIRSTY!

Fundasaun Alola - 10th Birthday Celebrations (21 May, 2011)

>> 20110419

"My President Dr. Ramos Horta writes story for children!"

>> 20110227

Mundu ne'ebe Lakon Ona: Timor-Leste

Fonte: KirstyGusmao no Scribd

Obrigada, Hercus Pereira Dos S

>> 20100615

Galeria de mukya2

Autarquia apoia reconstrução de escola primária em Timor Leste – Oliveira de Azeméis

>> 20100528

A primeira escola reconstruída com os fundos da campanha «Do sonho…à realidade», promovida pela Câmara de Oliveira de Azeméis, foi inaugurada no distrito de Aileu, em Timor-Leste.

Esta foi a primeira escola pré-primária a ser restaurada utilizando os fundos angariados pela campanha solidária lançada em 2004 mas está já nos objectivos da Fundação Alola, que gere a implementação dos projectos da Fundação Xanana Gusmão, a reconstrução de uma segunda escola.

«Começámos agora a trabalhar na segunda fase deste projecto que será a reabilitação de uma escola em Díli»», afirma Kirsty Gusmão, presidente da Fundação Alola.

Kirsty Gusmão, esposa do primeiro-ministro de Timor-Leste, foi uma das figuras presentes na inauguração do novo equipamento onde agradeceu o «carinho» e «o grande apoio» da autarquia na reabilitação da escola Seloi-Kraik.

A campanha nacional de solidariedade «Timor: Do sonho…à realidade» foi lançada em 2004 pela Câmara de Oliveira de Azeméis com o objectivo de angariar verbas destinadas a apoiar a comunidade escolar e a promover a língua portuguesa.

No âmbito do apoio a Timor-Leste e da campanha, que envolveu o apoio da comunidade empresarial, Xanana Gusmão, então presidente da República de Timor-Leste, visitou por duas vezes o concelho de Oliveira de Azeméis.

A ultima deslocação, em 2006, envolveu contactos com algumas empresas com as quais foram assinados protocolos de cooperação para apoio à educação de crianças e recuperação de uma escola, além da oferta de livros.

Em 2009, Kirsty Gusmão esteve em Oliveira de Azeméis onde se congratulou com o projecto de intercâmbio «Laços de Amizade» destinado a ajudar as crianças de uma escola timorense.

A educação é uma das áreas prioritárias de intervenção da Fundação Alola, instituição que desenvolve ainda acções nas áreas da saúde materno-infantil, desenvolvimento económico e apoio jurídico.

No distrito de Aileu existiam, em 2009, 64 escolas primárias com 975 alunos, nove escolas pré-secundárias com sete mil alunos e quatro secundárias com mais de 15 mil estudantes. Ao sector, onde trabalham mais de 400 professores primários, foi afectado um orçamento de 380 mil euros.

DAQUI

Amigas de Timor!

>> 20090729

Passo a apresentar ... Imagens que dizem quase tudo.

Obrigada, Ana. E um beijinho especial à tua querida filha! :-)
Hoje, coloco 'apenas' as fotos que me enviaste mas ... te garanto que contarei toda uma história ... - quando conseguir!

'an Australian children's book read out in Tetum'

>> 20090512

Photo: Craig Abraham

Lengenda: Kirsty Sword Gusmao, wife of East Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, and East Timorese student Cristina Freitas at Government House yesterday.

Fonte: The AGE | Miki Perkins | Kids' book reaches out to Timorese | May 13, 2009

"IT WAS an unlikely meeting of worlds: an Australian children's book read out in Tetum, the national language of East Timor, amid the colonial grandeur of Victoria's Government House.

"Little one, whoever you are, wherever you are, there are children all over the world just like you," read East Timorese student Cristina Freitas.

The crowd that stood before her included the wife of East Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, Kirsty Sword Gusmao, as well as Governor David de Kretser and former premier Steve Bracks.

"Joys are the same and love is the same, pain is the same and blood is the same."

The words - rendered into English for the benefit of the audience by a translator - were from a special edition of Australian author Mem Fox's Whoever You Are, which was launched yesterday and is the first Australian children's book to be translated into Tetum.

A joint project between the Alola Foundation, headed by Ms Sword Gusmao, and the National Education and Employment Foundation, the book is designed to encourage a love of reading in East Timor, where about 60 per cent of adults are illiterate.

"Books are often kept away in cupboards because teachers don't know how to use them, " Ms Sword Gusmao said. "It's not enough to put books in their hands, there must be a concerted effort to ensure that books cease to be something foreign, but instead to be used, enjoyed."

About 10,000 copies of the book will be distributed to infant and primary schools in East Timor. It will also be used in in-service training for school teachers.

Ms Freitas, who is studying in Australia, helped translate Whoever You Are into Tetum.

Its gentle tale of universality held appeal for all children, she said. "They learn that we are all the same, and share common feelings." (The AGE | Miki Perkins | Kids' book reaches out to Timorese | May 13, 2009)

2nd World War Memorial Museum and Cafe Project - Fatunaba, Timor-Leste

>> 20090403

NEW 2ND WORLD WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM AND CAFÉ SET FOR APRIL LAUNCH

"In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the dedication of the historic Dare/Fatunaba memorial, the community of Fatunaba in conjunction with Kirsty Sword Gusmão, the Australian Embassy in Dili and the F-FDTL (Defence Force of Timor-Leste) will open a Museum and Café at the memorial site on 25 April, 2009. The memorial, built in 1969 in the hills overlooking Dili, was a gift to the people of East Timor from members of the 2/2nd and 2/4th independent companies. The Museum, a repository of documents, photos and memorabilia relating to the Australian presence on Timor during the 2nd World War, is the first of its kind in Timor-Leste and will contribute significantly to building a greater understanding amongst East Timorese and foreign visitors alike of this moment in history and the enduring bonds of friendship and camaraderie which emerged from it.

“Over 40,000 East Timorese people lost their lives as a consequence of their involvement in the Australian campaign on Timor”, says Kirsty Sword Gusmão, wife of East Timor’s Prime Minister and initiator of the project. “This Museum project honours the memory of those selfless Timorese who lived and fought alongside Australian soldiers, but also, very importantly, it is a tribute to the friendship and solidarity between the people of our two nations which had its beginnings in that dark page of our shared histories.”

A Primary School built with private donations also features on the memorial site, its 300 local students being the living custodians of the memory and history housed within the museum complex. The school’s official opening will be celebrated on the same occasion.

“It is fitting that the opening of this School, Museum and Café be on Anzac Day, the day when Australia remembers the debt it owes its own veterans” says Peter Heyward, Australia’s Ambassador to Timor-Leste. “The Museum will help keep alive the spirit of the Dare memorial; recalling the unique bonds that Timorese forged with Australian troops. But the project also respects the intent of the veterans who established the memorial by providing practical assistance to the local community through the School and the Café.” (PRESS RELEASE | Recebido por e-mail)

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