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Bags of love bound for East Timor

By: Staff writers

Published: 30 November 2011

Mater Dei College students show the fruits of their efforts for Limanaro

What better way to teach students the love of God than by getting them to participate in it?

Year 7 students at Mater Dei College in Edgewater have been stuffing library bags full with educational supplies this semester, to aid those less fortunate.

The bags will be given to a small village community in East Timor. Limanaro is located several hours’ drive from the capital, Dili.

The village does not enjoy the largesse of donations from prominent charities, according to a college representative, and faces a number of ongoing development challenges, in health and education, and a general lack of amenities and infrastructure.

As well as donating items such as pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, paints, and exercise books, students have worked in groups to decorate the library bags.

The initiative is part of Mater Dei College’s religious education programme, which aims to develop “knowledge and understanding of the Gospel values through service to the needy within and outside our community”.

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