News – ETWA

October 17, 2023

Arte Tais Husi LO’UD

Australian War Memorial Tais Commission 2021-2023. Inspired by ETWA’s short documentary film, Heru Ini Lafu, a curator at the Australian War Memorial reached out to ETWA to explore the possibility of commissioning Tais from LO’UD that could speak to themes of independence, and women’s role in peace and nation building. After conversations over many months, an agreement between ETWA and the Memorial was formalised in late 2021.

September 10, 2023

Tais Listed on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List

Traditional Timorese textiles known as 'Tais' were added to UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding on the 15th of December 2021. The application was made by the Secretary of State for Art and Culture of Timor-Leste in 2020, and community consultations included weavers from Iliomar.

September 10, 2023

Community Bank Annual Meeting

LO’UD Community Bank

This absolutely brilliant initiative is like a community bank, specifically designed by LO’UD members, for members and their families.

August 22, 2022

Building LO’UD a frame at a time!

Every enterprise needs a space to work in, be it a building or via cloud technologies. A space where teams come together to deliver on their […]

November 5, 2016

Building for a sustainable future

The LO’UD Cooperative - undertake building a central office and workspace in Lospalos, Timor-Leste. With support and funding from Timor-Leste Government, Things & Stories, Lions Club & ETWA. This project is a golden opportunity for LO’UD!

October 30, 2016

Bridget’s Experience

VOLUNTEER IN RESIDENCE Name: Bridget Dobbie Age: 33 Skills: Product Development, Quality Assurance [portfolio_slideshow id=1887] Reports from the field

May 5, 2015

The Kindcraft Article

A big thank you to Emily Lush for her wonderful article about the LO’UD Cooperative, featured in THE KINDCRAFT, an online blog. Emily visited the LO’UD […]

June 10, 2014

Film Credits

Directed | Marcus Salvagno. Co-Directed | Kat Ashworth. Produced | Kat Ashworth. Photography | Marcus Salvagno. Script Supervisor | Deb Salvagno. Audio Recorded at | Crash […]

June 10, 2014

June Events

June 25th, 2014 Weaving Fairer Futures. The LOOM ROOM in Williamstown, Melbourne. Screening of Heru Ini Lafu: Weaving Life, a short film produced by ETWA which […]

June 10, 2014

Fair Trade Seminar

Saturday 17th May 2014, 3pm – 5pm, Habitat Uniting Church 2 Minona Street Hawthorn. A Seminar & Discussion with Professor Brett Inder, Centre for Development Economics, Monash […]

June 10, 2014

Statistics

In 2010 45% of Timor’s 1.1 million people were under the age of 15 One in five girls over 15 attend high school nationally and in […]

June 10, 2014

Recent Success

Despite the challenging environment our methods have proven successful. Our volunteers now communicate via cloud technology, allowing for greater ability to reach goals including a new […]