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| World Vision project in Timor Leste (video) |
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| Project Facilitators (6 positions) |
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Isabel – providing essential health and nutrition support for mums in Timor Leste
Isabel Dos Reis is one of those amazing volunteers who assists other members of her community in Timor Leste out of kindness and compassion. Isabel is a member of a farmers group and leads the savings and loan group. Both groups help poor farmers improve their circumstances by empowering them with valuable skills and knowledge.
Isabel is climbing out of poverty herself and assisting others to do it as well. Isabel spend another eight hours each week as a health volunteer, assisting young mothers in maternal and child health and education about good nutrition. They are not easy visits. Home visits are where the action is in community health – and they aren’t always easy. They require tact and excellent people skills. Fortunately, Isabel might be a tiny woman but she has a big heart. World Vision has provided her with ducks to raise to help augment her income and supply some of the gap that she loses by being a health volunteer. She’s also joining a new project called “Better Food and Better Health”, where mothers grow sweet potatoes and soybeans to feed their children.
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