Job vacancies: 2 drivers needed

On February 5, 2014, in English, Jobs, by Kate Bevitt
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(Tetum) Seeds of Life seek candidates for the position of DRIVERS who will be responsible for safely driving Seeds of Life advisors and staff within Dili and to other districts of East Timor. (more…)

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Ever wanted a map for your suco, sub-district or district project?

On February 5, 2014, in Climate Change, Crop identification & development, English, Weather, by Kate Bevitt
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(Tetum) Seeds of Life have just made over 1,800 maps of Timor-Leste available on its website – that’s over 18GB of imagery!

The maps were created by Seeds of Life, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ mapping unit and the United Nations Population Fund, and are free for the public to use, print and distribute. (more…)

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Volunteer opportunity: Training Program Support Officer AYAD

On February 3, 2014, in AYAD, English, Jobs, by Kate Bevitt
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Would you like to use your skills and experience to volunteer in a developing country?

The University of Western Australia will be supporting a Training Program Support Officer assignment with Seeds of Life in Timor Leste. (more…)

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Farmer’s story: Olandina da Costa, Chief of Women CSPG in Liquica district

On January 30, 2014, in Farmer case study, by Yessy Betty
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(Tetum) Olandina da Costa is the chief of Community Seed Production Group (CSPG) Bilbeu in Guico village, Maubara sub-district, Liquiça. The group was established in 2011 and has the unique feature that all 10 members are women.

The group receives assistance from the Suco Extension Officer (SEO) in their village, Bartolomeu da Silva.

“When I visited this group in 2011 they were planting vegetables. I asked them to form a CSPG and eventually they decided to form a group of all women members. The head of the group is also a woman” (more…)

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