Books
for
UNPAZ
(University
of
Peace,
East
Timor)
[Why?]
[What's needed]
[Where to leave books]
[Background]
[Latest News]
New
UNPAZ
building
July
2004
[Click
for
a
larger
photo]
East
Timor
vies
with
Afghanistan
&
Laos
for
the
title
of
poorest
country
in
Asia.
Poverty
in
East
Timor
exacerbates
the
appalling
problems
in
health
and
education
faced
by
the
people.
One
way
of
attacking
poverty
is
to
improve
education.
This
project
aims
to
get
some
much-needed
textbooks
to
a
university
in
Dili.Books
in
these
subjects
are
needed
at
the
University
of
Peace.
Older
texts
are
fine
-
there
is
a
big
difference
between
an
out-of-date
text
and
nothing.
English
is
preferred,
but
texts
in
Bahasa
Indonesia
can
also
be
used.- Law
- Economics
- Management
- Accounting
- Banking
- Public
Health
- Engineering
- Social
and
Human
Sciences
- International
Relations
- Development
Policy
(Sustainable
Development)
- Agriculture
- Concentrating
on
technology,
dealing
with
agricultural
products
In
Sydney:- Newtown
/
Camperdown
Diane
Edwards,
(02)
9036
9090
[work] - Chatswood
/
North
Sydney
Fred
Curtis,
(02)
9027
1166
[work],
email:
fred@f2.org - Other
areas
Fred
Curtis,
(02)
9027
1166
[work],
email:
fred@f2.org
If
you'd
like
to
volunteer
to
be
a
drop-off
point
for
books
in
your
area,
please
email
me
(Fred
Curtis,
fred@f2.org)
to
have
your
details
added
to
this
list.
I
travel
to
Brisbane,
Melbourne,
Wagga
Wagga
&
Albury
at
assorted
times
during
the
year,
so
if
you
want
to
collect
books
in
those
areas
I
can
arrange
to
(eventually!)
pick
them
up.The
National
University
of
Timor
Loro-Sae
(UNTL)
currently
[2005]
has
around
7000
students
and
is
stretched
to
the
limit.
Various
other
privately
run
insitutions
have
been
set
up
since
2002
to
provide
opportunities
to
many
thousands
of
other
students.
The
University
of
Peace
(UNPAZ)
is
one
of
these.Unemployment
is
running
at
70%
in
Dili,
so
many
young
people
look
to
further
education
as
their
chance
to
get
the
edge.
Many
of
the
students
in
all
establishments
have
come
to
Dili
from
country
areas.
UNPAZ
broke
away
from
the
University
of
Dili
(UNDIL)
in
2003.
The
Rector
of
UNDIL,
Mr
Lukas
da
Costa,
left
with
many
staff
and
1200
students
and
established
themselves
in
the
grounds
of
a
half
built
Protestant
church
in
Dili.
Since
then
they
have
used
land
belonging
to
some
of
the
staff
and
built
new
classrooms
which
were
to
be
occupied
at
the
beginning
of
the
academic
year
October
2004.
In
their
break
from
UNDIL
they
had
to
leave
the
library,
so
were
without
any
books.
They
prefer
English
texts,
but
would
be
able
to
use
Bahasa
Indonesia.
This
project
was
started
(and
this
web
page
created)
in
September
2005,
so
there's
not
much
news
yet!The
books
will
be
sent
from
Sydney
courtesy
of
the
regular
container
loads
sent
to
Dili
by
the
Mary
McKillop
Institute
of
East
Timorese
Studies.
I'll
find
out
when
the
next
container
is
due
to
go
and
update
this
page.
