Local Development Organisation working in Timor-Leste
Strengthening capacity on the way to a better life | Haberan kapasidade dalan ba moris diak
Since 2009, Timor Aid has worked in the districts of Timor.
Timor Aid teaches Tetun as a second lanuguage. Enrol for individual classes at your preferred time here at Timor Aid or apply for a group price in your workplace.
Since 2008 Timor Aid has offered classes and computer access to school aged children of Dili.
Classes have finished for 2010 and will resume in January 2011
Timor Aid has been collecting Timorese textiles since 2001.
Since 2000, Timor Aid has published books in the Tetun language.
See our full List of Publications.
Buy at Timor Aid office or order by email.
New! Liurai Oan Ki'ik $7.50
Visit from the Tropenmuseum
Timor Aid was delighted to welcome Ms Itie van Hout, Senior Textile Curator at the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam to Timor Leste.
Ms van Hout discussed her work over the past five years in West Kalimantan, where the Tropenmuseum has been working to support the local administration to establish a museum of social harmony - the Museum Kapuas Raya. This work contains ideas and possibilities for Timor-Leste.
The Tropenmuseum forms part of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) which aims to contribute to poverty alleviation, knowledge sharing and cultural preservation through devleopment projects, scientific research and training and information services.
Ms Van Hout met with the Secretary of State for Culture, toured the Timor-Leste National Collection in Villa Verde, gave a lecture on the work of the Tropenmuseum n South East Asia and travelled to Suai to meet local weavers.
Timor Aid will continue working with Ms Van Hout and the Tropenmuseum to explore opportunities for supporting cultural preservation work in Timor-Leste.
To find out more about the Tropenmuseum, visit www.tropenmuseum.nl | Learn about the Museum Kapuas Raya in Sintang Kalimantan Barat
To learn more about Timor Aid's work with textiles and weavers, see Timor Aid Collection | Current Projects | Exhibition Catalogue Online
