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<b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;">Ann Wigglesworth, 2020.<i style="font-style: inherit;">
</i><i style="">Friendship for Development: Stories of a partnership between Suai, Timor-Leste and the City of Port Phillip, Australia.</i> Melbourne: Ann Wigglesworth, 114pp.</b><br>
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<a name="x__Hlk47787043"></a><a name="x__Hlk44428977"><span style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="">"A rarely documented and insightful account of the genesis of a unique model of development. These stories tell a tale of the power of community to community and
people to people solidarity in empowering the people of Suai/Covalima to rebuild their lives and their society. A must read for anyone anywhere who cares about the ingredients of successful community development work!"<br>
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Dr Kirsty Sword Gusmão, AO<br>
Goodwill Ambassador for Education of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste</span></span></a></p>
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<span style=""><span style=""><b><span style="">Description:</span></b></span></span></p>
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<span style=""><span style=""><span style="">This illustrated book commemorates 20 years of the Friends of Suai/Covalima, a community to community relationship</span></span></span><span style=""><span style="">. A number of similar friendship groups were created
between the people of Timor-Leste and Australia following the brutal struggle for Timorese independence from Indonesia and the violent aftermath of the independence vote.
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<span style=""><span style="">Read how Friends of Suai/Covalima was initiated and maintained and what has been achieved to date. With clarity and feeling, the voices of many people are heard, both Timorese through interviews with the author and Australians,
who recount directly their personal, often moving connections to the Friendship.
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<span style=""><a name="x__Hlk44429181"><span lang="EN-US" style="">Of relevance to everyone who has an interest in Timor-Leste and a commitment to the empowerment of its people, the book also includes analysis of a development model that makes an important
contribution to the field of development studies</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="">.
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<span style=""><a href="https://www.aeta.net.au/product/friendship-for-development">https://www.aeta.net.au/product/friendship-for-development/</a>
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<span style="">eBook: </span></p>
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<span style=""><a href="https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/friendship-for-development">https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/friendship-for-development</a>
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<span style="">Internationally: </span></p>
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<span style=""><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Friendship-Development-partnership-Timor-Leste-Australia/dp/0648831426">https://www.amazon.com/Friendship-Development-partnership-Timor-Leste-Australia/dp/0648831426</a></span></p>
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