Monday, 19 December 2011

USB Donations - Thank-you!


Thank-you to Mark Schumann from Advance Computing and Rod Spiewak from St. Augustine's College Kyabram for kindly donating a combined amount of 20 USB Flash Drives. These donations will be given to Sister Mary-Anne Dwyer who is living and working in Aileu District, East Timor.

Sister Mary-Anne is an Australian Sister of Mercy originally from Ballarat. She operates a local ‘boarding home’ in Aileu called ISMAIK. This is a house where students are able to board during their secondary education. There are no secondary schools in the small mountain villages of East Timor, therefore students must travel to larger villages to receive a secondary education. If they do not have extended family living in a larger village then they may never go to secondary school.

After finishing secondary education some students will go to university in Dili. During this time they still board at ISMAIK Aileu two hours drive from Dili. While attending university the students need modern technology such as USB drives and laptop computers. Many of these students come from very poor families or are orphans and cannot afford to purchase these expensive modern items.

This contribution to ISMAIK boarding home is greatly appreciated and we sincerely thank these local businesses for their donations of USB Flash Drives which are greatly needed by these Timorese students.

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