“I dare to believe that little old me can make a difference in the world. If I can do it…anyone can do it!” Change the World founder and film producer Anne Tindall shares her vision for the company, the story to date and the journey still to come. Change the World is working closely with [...]
THE NEED Mark Grose, Managing Director, Skinnyfish Music and Ego Lemos (Timor’s famous musician, songwriter, permaculturalist, and community development worker) had a dream to create a new annual cultural exchange between Australia and Timor-Leste known as D-Tour. THE SUPPORT To help them realise thsi dream and get this message out to the world, Change the [...]
THE NEED Timor is just a 1 hour flight from Darwin yet the reality is a world away. Travel in Timor-Leste is difficult, sometimes there are no roads and huge mountain ranges to cross. These conditions isolate communities that would benefit greatly from ‘Eco Tourism’ with ‘Homestay’ facilities. There is a real need to safely [...]
THE NEED Los Palos (the intellectual capital of Timor and the heart of the resistance movement) is in desperate need for a centre where: Young people can be trained and educated Cultural and artistic activities can be fostered The local women can produce and sell their Tais (Traditional Weaving) New business opportunities such as Eco [...]
THE NEED East Timor is a country with one of the most appalling maternal and infant mortality rates in the world, where approximately 830 women out of 100,000 die in childbirth. Twelve percent of children don’t make it to their fifth birthday, yet they have a very high birth rate of 7.5 children per family.` [...]
I love the idea, and the doing it! So many people are ‘gonners’. Gonna do this, gonna do that. Anne, you believe in this, and have for many years now. So I say, go, woman, and I look forward to seeing the world change, because people like you take things in their own hands to make it happen, NOW. Woo hoo! Brigitte Muir OAM