About Alola


Juliana

Alola Foundation Board of Directors

Strategic Plan and Objectives for Alola

Alola Foundation Staff

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Juliana

Alola is the childhood nickname of a young East Timorese girl from Suai called Juliana dos Santos.

During the violence of September 1999, Juliana was kidnapped by a militia leader and taken to Indonesian West Timor. She was 15 years old.

Juliana dos Santos remains in Indonesia with her children. With the Alola Foundation's Assistance, her parents were able to visit Juliana and her two children in November 2004, and we remain in contact with her family here in Timor-Leste. In order to respect Juliana's Privacy we cannot share further details of her story.

Juliana's story provided the impetus for the creation of the Alola Foundation - the needs of many other women who have since passed through our doors have generated many new programs and initiatives to support the empowerment of women in Timor-Leste.

The Board of the Fundasaun Alola are:

Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmão (The Chair Person of Fundasaun Alola)
The Formal First Lady of Timor-Leste
Cristine Carberry
Treasure
Ms Albina Marsal Freitas
Member
Ms Lurdes Bessa
Member
Mr Maria Angelina Sarmento
Member
Stanley Tan Po Leng
Member
Ms Ubalda Maria Alves
Member
Ms Laura Pina
Member

Ms Isabel Guterres

Member
Ms Marina Braz da Costa
Member
Maria Cabral Alola Woman of the Year 2008

The Alola Foundation is fortunate to have as our pro-bono Auditors the Australian based firm, Merit Partners. They have completed our first financial report and audited accounts for 2003-2004. We are an incorporated organisation with a corporate structure under the Australian Companies Law. Again, we are fortunate in that we have as our pro-bono lawyers the respected international firm Baker and McKenzie.

ACN: 101 267 305
ABN 41 101 267 305
TIN 5000 537

Alola Foundation Staff

CEO
Anne Finch
Program Managers
Alita Veridial (Advocacy)
Alzira Reis (Education)
Marina Braz da Costa (Management)
Tanya Wells Brown (Maternal & Child Health)
Veronica Correia (Maternal & Child Health)
Monica G Guterres (Finance)
Bernadete Fonseca (Economic Development)
Program Coordinators
Cecilia Fonseca (Community Development Program Coordinator)
Meredith Budge (Advisor Community Devopment and Relationship)
Rosario de Araujo (Haburas Labarik)
Inacia Tamele (Women's Resource Centre)
Maria I Gutterres (National Breastfeeding Association)
Clelio Antao Alves (Literacy and Resorce)
Ofelia Napoleao (Product Development and Tais Coordinator)
Angelina Fernandes (Women's Health)

Health and Promotion(Aquelina Imaculada)

Hermenegildo Amaral (Child Care Centre)
Ema de Souza (Teaching and Learning)

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