The Buka-Hatene (Want to Know) Community Learning Centre is one of the most ambitious projects undertaken by the Friends of Baucau to date. The process of development of the centre brings about many questions regarding the depth of our (Australian) knowledge of the Timorese nation and about our capacity to embrace it without impositions on our part. This paper aims to evaluate the process of realising the Buka-Hatene Community Learning Centre project in the context of the cultural, environmental and economical realities of Timor Leste.

B. Maturana, “The Buka–Hatene Community Learning Centre: Friends of Baucau’s Project to Rebuild a Community Building in Baucau, Timor Leste”, Estudos de Línguas e Culturas de Timor-Leste, vol.7, 2005