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ANNUAL REPORT 2008
Street AddressRusa Bispo de Medeiros, MascarenhasMercado Lama, Dili, Timor-Leste
www.alolaoundation.org
t +670 332 3855 I ino@alolaoundation.orgMailing AddressPO BOX 3Dili, Timor-Leste via Darwin, Australia
FUNDASAUN ALOLA
 
EMPOWERING WOMEN IN TIMOR-LESTE
Fundasaun Alola
 
is a not or prot non government organization operating in Timor Leste to improve the lives o women and children.Founded in 2001 by the then First Lady, Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the organisation seeks to nurture women leaders and advocate or therights o women.Fundasaun Alola was originally created to raise awareness o the widespread sexual violence against women and girls in Timor-Leste duringthe militia attacks o September 1999. Though this is still a key issue or Fundasaun Alola, today we also provide a wide range o vitally impor-tant support programs or the women and children o Timor-Leste.Working with community groups and individuals, our programs aim to improve maternal and child health, create employment, promotehuman rights, strengthen community development, and improve the status o women. Now employing over 100 sta, Alola is committed todeveloping strong women who will be the leaders o the uture in Timor-Leste. All Alola programs work with the Government o Timor-Lesteto achieve the National Development Goals.
Maternal andChild Health
Reducing infant andmaternal mortality
Promote exclusivebreasteeding or therst six months andintroduce timely andappropriate comple-mentary eedingCreate a supportiveenvironment orimproving women’s &children’s healthStrengthen communi-ty action or women’shealthContribute to healthservice competenciesin inant and youngchild eeding
Education
Expandingopportunities
Increase status andopportunities forgirls and youngwomenProvide opportuni-ties for female edu-cational leadershipProvide models of ‘best practice’forteachers in schools.Increase resourcedevelopment andteacher trainingSupport other Alolaprograms in districts
EconomicDevelopment
Developingeconomicindependence
Contribute to sustain-able livelihoods orwomenDevelop handcratindustry based on airtrade principlesMaintain culturaltraditions in women’shandcratsStrengthen supportservices or women inenterpriseIncrease the statusand opportunities orwomen in enterprise
Advocacy
Women leaders
Campaign orwomen’s rightsProvide communityresource centersProvide developmentopportunities orwomenCreate a woman andamily riendly spaceProvide humanitarianassistance in associa-tion with networks
Management
Effectiveadministration
Create a caring work environmentEnsure transparentnancial manage-mentEstablish Alola a-cilities managementprocessResponsive programsManage policy devel-opment and review
Feto Forte Nasaun Forte Strong Women Strong Nation
 
CHAIRWOMAN’S STATEMENT
 
 The Fundasaun Alola’s rst year o operation as a ully Timorese NGO has been marked by growth and consolidation, a actmade possible by the peace and stability Timor-Leste continues to enjoy. The Board o Directors o Fundasaun Alola hasworked closely with CEO, Anne Finch, and other sta to dene overall and specic strategic objectives or the organization andindividual programs or the coming year. Alola Australia, the backbone o our work within the Australian community and a vitalsource o unding and other practical support or our activities, also conducted a planning day in October. On this occasionits mission o assisting Fundasaun Alola to enable women and amilies to build a stronger uture was rearmed, and theambitious goal o raising $AUD 100,000 or Alola this year was set.As part o implementation o this strategic plan, Fundasaun Alola has strengthened existing partnerships with otherorganizations, including the Government o Timor-Leste and is orging new collaborations, perhaps most actively withthe Ministry o Education as our Alola Education team continues to develop a series o beautiul and practical readers andearly literacy materials or use by teachers in schools. Teacher training and resource development, including supporting thepublication o more children’s literature in our ocial language, Tetum, will continue as the ocus o our education-relatedactivities in 2009.I take the opportunity to warmly thank allthose many individuals and organizationswithin Timor-Leste and beyond who havecontinued to extend the hand o riendshipto us and to our new nation throughout thepast year. I am also deeply grateul to thesta o Fundasaun Alola or their dedicationand hard work in pursuit o our commongoal o promoting and building StrongWomen in a Strong Nation.Kirsty Sword Gusmão
Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, PortugalGeelong-East Timor Friendship CommitteeEni Timor-LesteCare InternationalUNFPAUNIFEMUNICEFNational Directorate o Tourism, Timor-LesteRotary Club o DiliStratREALFriends o VemaseFriends o LiquicaGroup Menzies Creek Andrew McNaughton FoundationMelbourne University Transormation AllianceAPHEDAFriends o LospalosBlair Foster Memorial TrustShire o CompespeNOCETIRotary Club o Sorento The Keylor Rotary Club, VictoriaOxam AustraliaMoreland Community Health CenterFriends o ErmeraInner Whel Black Town CityBallarat QueensF.A.F. UK Australian Foundation or People o Asiaand the PacicIOMAlola AustraliaAdelman FoundationGlen Waverly Uniting ChurchInet ScholarshipVictorian Qualication AuthorityLydiard Uniting ChurchInterpid TravelNorAD/FOKUS through NET NorwayFriends o LaleiaLiv Nordhaug & BjornPRATT FoundationMILK FundPlan International, East TimorHarold Mitchell FoundationRotary Australia World Community ServiceiNet East TimorSoroptimist International, JoondalupChillingham Group or East TimorNorth Central Sub Branch o AustralianCollege o Midwives Inc.Australian Breasteeding Association (ABA)St. Joseph’s Parish, Chelsea, VictoriaWomen’s International Forum, New York One World Group, Black Forest, GermanyAETFSPEast Timorese OrphanRotary Club o Nelson BayBega ValleyDentists o the Mornington Penunsila
THANK YOU
On behalf of the women of Timor-Leste we would like to thankall our partners and donors for their kind support and generosity.
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