Kangaroo Valley Trek for Timor
24 Sep 2011
Teams from all parts of NSW are signing up to walk or run in this year's Trek for Timor to be held on the September 24.
The inaugural Trek for Timor held in 2009 was a great success raising more than $70,000 and bringing solar lights to remote villages in Remexio East Timor.
This year the Trek is hoping to raise $60,000 which will extend the solar lighting project to even more communities in the region. Kangaroo Valley resident Les Mitchell is currently in Remexio, teaching English at the local schools.
Les will also meet with the young men and women from Remexio who receive secondary or tertiary scholarships funded through the Kangaroo Valley Remexio Partnership (KVRP).
Les walked to one of the very remote villages, Suco Liurai, where lights had been installed last year.
Thirteen children accompanied him and the journey took more than five hours - each way! According to Les the systems are working well.
“The accommodation had solar lights and even though there was a problem with the LED, the compact fluorescents were on until we went to bed just before 11 pm so that was great to see. I met with community members that evening and in the morning and was gratefully received.”
The closing date for registrations for the Trek is July 31, so if you haven’t already joined, talk to your family and friends and get a team together and help us light up houses in East Timor.
For more information visit our website, www.kvrp.org.au , you can register online or download a form and post it.
Lynne Dooley