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[See attached letter for donation details, and email from Dr. Bob Boughton below]</div>
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EN-AU">We have been contacted by NGOs and health professionals assisting Timor-Leste with the COVID-19 response seeking
help from the Australia solidarity network to secure medical equipment and other critical supplies. Timorese infectious diseases expert, Dr Danina Coelho, advises that health practitioners urgently need these supplies to test for COVID-19 and treat those who
contract the virus.</span></p>
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EN-AU">As you will appreciate, the Timorese health system is ill equipped to deal with this pandemic without support
from the outside world. The Timorese government is working to secure support from the Australian government among others including some international agencies. Despite this, our solidarity assistance is urgently needed now to support the fight against this
virus through the purchase of equipment and transport it to Timor-Leste.</span></p>
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EN-AU">We have undertaken to alert our networks, collect donations and make transfers to the NGOs (including Maluk Timor
and xpand Foundation) to manage the purchasing and transport of supplies. All donations go directly towards buying and / or transporting COVID-19 medical aid to Timor-Leste. Our target is to raise <b>$30000.00 </b>for PPE and other items such as soap and hand
sanitisers by <b>31 </b>May 2020.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dr Ben Bartlett, Trustee </span><a href="mailto:ben.bartlett@planhealth.com.au" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-size: 12pt;">ben.bartlett@planhealth.com.au</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Infectious diseases adviser in Timor-Leste</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">:
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dr Danina Coelho </span><a href="mailto:daninacoelho@hotmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-size: 12pt;">daninacoelho@hotmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> or +670 7864 7260</span></p>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[See attached for Donation method details.]</span><a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/health-arts-design/staff-profiles/view.php?who=mleach"><br>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">See attached letter, in pdf and doc form, appealing for funds for PPE etc for TL. We organised this in direct response to a request from TL.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">We have sourced some PPE today, so, as soon as we get the funds in, we’ll get it there. I’m hoping you can help circulate this to potential donors in your networks</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Many thanks</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bob & Deborah</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; color:black">Dr. Bob Boughton </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; color:black">Adjunct Professor, School of Education </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; color:black">University of New England </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; color:black">Armidale NSW 2351, Australia </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; color:black">phone: +61 2 67732913/66492642</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; color:black">m: 0407492648 </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; color:black">email: <a href="mailto:bob.boughton@une.edu.au"><span style="color:#0563C1">bob.boughton@une.edu.au</span></a></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“First, we must educate adults. Our children will not have an impact on our economic development for five, ten or even twenty years. The attitudes of adults, on the other hand, have an impact now.”</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
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