Your school has the opportunity to be involved with fundraising for the ongoing developments at Encouragement House. Through this engagement with the EH community, students learn about cultural engagement at a personal level. They experience how education shapes the future of children’s lives in Timor Leste and how their contributions can make a significant difference to the lives of others.

For schools offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma, involvement with fundraising for Encouragement House can be a part of the Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS) component of your program. Through the work being done in Maliana students can participate in fundraising but perhaps more importantly see the principles of encouragement which embraces global citizenship through shared decision making, recognition, acceptance and appreciation. Encouragement House demonstrates community progress through effort, focussing on expanding strengths and changing expected outcomes through strong community empowerment.

Here are some ideas that your school could be involved in for fundraising for Encouragement House.

Follow the EH community as they participate in activities that prepare them for a changing world.

Your help is vital to this ongoing education initiative. Each donation can make a significant difference in the development of education opportunities for children in the region.

Businesses who support Encouragement House can be confident that 100% of donations goes directly to the maintenance and development of the Timorese students who are accommodated there. All board members are volunteers and the allocation of funds is a collaborative process that empowers the team leaders in Timor Leste. This ensures that a dynamic and creative approach to community engagement prospers at Encouragement House.

It gives your employees a sense of their role in the world as active participants of social change.

Every donation, big or small, makes a difference. It only takes a small amount of money to make huge changes in the life of the children at Encouragement House. Your money will provide maintenance for the dormitories, development of kitchen facilities, upgrading computer facilities and ensure that there is caring and appropriate adult supervision for the EH students.

Choose to be involved in a special project at Encouragement House and see specifically where your money is making a difference to education opportunities for these Timorese children.