Timor Leste Friendship Group

This friendship is based on mutual support and respect for each other's culture. The Friends of Lolotoe support the Lolotoe community in re-building their local democracy through sustainable projects identified by their community in education, health and agriculture and to foster opportunities for cultural exchange.

Friends of Lolotoe is associated with the VLGA Australia Timor Leste Friendship Groups and the Australia Timor Leste Friendship Network. This Agreement honours the values and principles of the Victorian Local Governance Association's (VLGA) guidelines for Australia Timor Leste Friendship Relationships.

2022 marked 20 years of independence for East Timor. Find out more about East Timor Independence Day.

Download the Friends of Lolotoe Brochure.

Download the Friends of Lolotoe Annual Report for 2022.

Download the Friends of Lolotoe Annual Report for 2016.

Download the Friends of Lolotoe December 2016 Newsletter.

A group of Lolotoe young people recently attended a sustainable agriculture training program.

Read the update on their trip.

In July 2015, Friends of Lolotoe (FOL) Treasurer, Louise Cook-Tonkin, was able to visit the isolated sub district during an in-country work period in Timor-Leste.

Read the report from her trip.

President: Louise Cook-Tonkin
Vice-President: Jeni Foster
Treasurer: Karen Seaton
Secretary: Shared role
Memberships contact and library borrowing: Catherine Jerome
Council Representative: Christine Henderson

Friends of Lolotoe hold four meetings per year, some at the Ray Bradfield Room. Please contact the group by email at friendsoflolotoe@gmail.com if you wish to attend.