Welcome to the website: Water East Timor
Water East Timor (WET) is a group of people predominately from South West Victoria, with an interest in water and sanitation system installation and management, health promotion and education.
Small teams of local tradesmen with support from Warrnambool East Rotary Club and the local community have travelled to Timor Leste over the past eight years to teach East Timorese communities the necessary skills to construct, implement and maintain water systems in rural areas.
Individuals and service groups work in partnership to donate money, time and expertise to fund the water systems.
Timor Leste is one of Australia's nearest neighbours and amongst the poorest nations in the world, yet problems still remain in health care, nutrition and sanitation. Many of the serious illnesses that confront the people of Timor Leste are due to unsafe or inadequate supplies of running water.
Small teams of local tradesmen with support from Warrnambool East Rotary Club and the local community have travelled to Timor Leste over the past eight years to teach East Timorese communities the necessary skills to construct, implement and maintain water systems in rural areas.
Individuals and service groups work in partnership to donate money, time and expertise to fund the water systems.
Timor Leste is one of Australia's nearest neighbours and amongst the poorest nations in the world, yet problems still remain in health care, nutrition and sanitation. Many of the serious illnesses that confront the people of Timor Leste are due to unsafe or inadequate supplies of running water.
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Latest News
Congratulatory Letter from
the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste On the 6th April 2020 Ines Almeida, the Timor-Leste Ambassador to Australia wrote to WET President Greta Perry with her compliments on the work WET has undertaken. Click to see the Letter...... Laucau Project - finished and opened
In early March 2020 Yve Bayley represented WET at the opening of the Laucau Water Project. The project, to which WET contributed $26,850 for materials, transport and onsite advice, as well as a tank donated by Moyne Health Service and new tank liner from Aquamate, now services 2500 villagers and 280 students who now get water from taps within 50 metres of there houses, down from a 3km hike to the spring. See Laucua Project Report written by YVE..... April (2020 ) Newsletter
On April 7th 2020 members were sent our April Newsletter. The newsletter contains details and picture from the Laucau project where we used one of the tanks donated by Moyne Health Service and a new liner fdonated by Aquamate. Resignation of WET Committee Member See the newsletter.... For all previously published News Items - click the button below
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