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About Fundasaun Alola

Feto Forte Nasaun Forte – Strong Women Strong Nation

Empowering women in Timor-Leste

Creating employment opportunities - Promoting human rights - Strengthening community participation in development - Increasing the status of women

Fundasaun Alola was originally created to raise awareness of the widespread sexual violence against women and girls in Timor-Leste during the militia attaches of September 1999. Though this is a still a key issue for Fundasaun Alola, today we also provide a wide range of vitally important hands-on support for the women and children of Timor-Leste.

Working with community groups and individuals, our programs aim to improve maternal and child health, create employment, promote human rights, strengthen community development, and improve the status of women. Now employing over 100 staff, Alola is committed to developing strong women who will be the leaders of the future in Timor-Leste.

Strong women, strong nation is our vision. And with your help, that vision can become a reality.

Alola Foundation Board of Directors

Alola AGM 2007

Strategic Plan and Objectives for Alola

Alola Foundation Staff

Alola Supporters

Alola Foundation Brochure

Alola is the childhood nickname of a young East Timorese girl

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

Alola'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 Former First Lady of Timor-Leste
Cristine Carberry
Treasurer
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

Alola Staff
CEO
Anne Finch
Program Managers
Alita Veridial (Advocacy)
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)

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