When Timor-Leste (formerly known as East Timor) finally gained independence and peace in 2002 it had paid a heavy price of huge casualties and destruction, and they needed help.
Key points:
- A Bega Valley advocacy group has supported Timor-Leste since 2004 after the country gained independence
- The NGO fostered people-to-people relationships and assisted a sub-region of Timor-Leste to rebuild
- The two communities have a vision for an international festival of choirs
Then, a small farming community in south-east Australia mobilised to help the East Timorese rebuild their country and build a new nation.
David Gallan is the president of the non-government organisation Bega Valley Advocates for Timor-Leste.
He said that many in the Bega Valley communi…
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