This illustrated book commemorates 20 years of the Friends of Suai/Covalima, a community to community relationship. A number of similar friendship groups were created between the people of Timor-Leste and Australia following the brutal struggle for Timorese independence from Indonesia and the violent aftermath of the independence vote.
Read how Friends of Suai/Covalima was initiated and maintained and what has been achieved to date. With clarity and feeling, the voices of many people are heard, both Timorese through interviews with the author and Australians, who recount directly their personal, often moving connections to the Friendship.
Of relevance to everyone who has an interest in Timor-Leste and a commitment to the empowerment of its people, the book also includes analysis of a development model that makes an important contribution to the field of development studies.
Table of Content
CONTENTS
List of Contributors
Covalima contributors and research participants 2019
Foreword – The Philosophy of Friendship for Development by Bill Armstrong, AO
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Roots of the Friendship
Chapter 3 From Reconstruction to Education and Volunteering
Chapter 4 The Growth of the Covalima Community Centre
Chapter 5 Collaborations in Suai
Chapter 6 Partnerships with International NGOs
Chapter 7 Cultural Events and Solidarity in Port Phillip
Chapter 8 Conclusion
Key Events in City of Port Phillip and Suai/Covalima 1999-2020
List of Acronyms
Bibliography
About the author
Dr Ann Wigglesworth has 25 year experience working in international development including with Oxfam, Save the Children and International Women’s Development Agency as well as Caritas Australia where she started her involvement in East Timor in 1997. In 2005, she undertook a Ph D at Victoria University focussing on development in the early years of independent Timor-Leste. This was later used as the basis of a book, ‘Activism and Aid: Young citizens’ experiences of development and democracy in Timor-Leste’ published by Monash University Publishing in 2016. She has been a committee member of Friends of Suai/Covalima since 2004 and is an Honorary Fellow at the College of Arts and Education, Victoria University.More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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