by Paul Yates | Jun 3, 2023 | Media Releases
24-year-old Australian makes history as the Youngest Foreigner, Honoured with Medal of the Order of Timor-Leste for a Decade of Service in Advancing Quality Education On Friday the 19th of May BETTER Timor’s Founder and CEO, Ornella Byak, made history as the...
by Paul Yates | May 14, 2023 | Updates
BETTER Timor Launches Bakhita School of Excellence on 24th of April 2023 On 24th of April BETTER Timor launched Bakhita School of Excellence. In attendance for the launch was President Dr. José Ramos-Horta and Cardinal Virgílio do Carmo da Silva SDB who...
by Paul Yates | Jan 22, 2023 | Reports, Updates
It was certainly an eventful trip ranging from an earthquake just before heading home, spending more than 5 hours with the President Dr José Ramos-Horta AC, meetings in the Presidential palace and so much more. This trip was a little different as I had some of the...
by Paul Yates | Dec 7, 2022 | Reports
East Timor, now known as Timor Leste*, has the highest rate of poverty in Southeast Asia. More than 40% of the population lives below the poverty line and it ranks 147 out of 187 countries in the UN’s Human Development Index. Located the same distance as Sydney...
by Paul Yates | Nov 23, 2022 | Reports
Eddie De Pina was born in what was then known as East Timor. He fled his homeland with his parents and some of his siblings when Indonesian troops invaded his country in 1975. He was only 10 years old. It would be another 25 years before he stepped back onto Timorese...
