Throughout Ruth’s* life, she has faced many significant challenges and wonderfully she has been able to receive life changing opportunities.
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You may recall our last team visited Timor Leste in September last year. Our hope was that another team would visit in January but there was a combination of circumstances for Pro Ema and EmpowerAid volunteers that prevented that.
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The training schedule for East Timor for 2019 is pretty intense! The 3rd team are currently preparing - tickets have been purchased, leave from work sorted, resource materials being ordered and training curriculum in process.
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You might recall the first team to head to Dili to partner with Pro Ema went in April.
Following close on its heels, Team 2 headed there in early June. This team had an international flavour, the girls from Perth being joined in Dili by Yessica, a Spanish Hair and Beauty professional from Barcelona who travelled many hours via Doha and Bali to get there. On arrival, she joined Jennifer Quartermaine and Tracey Laing, both experienced trainers in hair, and Sue MacArthur who served as a jack of all trades, specialising in pastoral care for the students!
Read MoreAt last we have some concrete plans for our pilot trip to East Timor. In April a team of 4 hairdressers will travel to Dili for a training block that will deliver 100 hours of training to 15 students, enrolled in a 2 1/2 year course with Pro Ema.
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Our heart to serve disadvantaged girls and women in East Timor continues. You may remember we started some training there with a group of girls several years ago.
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