Terrace Timor Network

15/10/2026

What a night! 🇹🇱🇦🇺 Thank you to everyone who joined our Term 3 TTN meeting.

Highlights:
🤝 Edmund Rice Foundation's new locally led program in Timor-Leste, with Country Manager Jacob dos Reis now on board
🏡 Early sketches under way for a new community hub in Railaco
🔧 Plans to restart the Taraco trades training centre, starting with carpentry and electrical skills
🌱 Big potential for Timorese vanilla – from a handful of growers to around 600 farmers

And the big one: 20 years of TTN! Join us on Saturday 7 November at Archer Brewing for a night of Timorese dancers, a live band, stories and great company.

🎟️ Tickets on Humanitix – search Terrace Timor Network

01/10/2026

Terrace Timor Network | This year marks 20 years of the Terrace Timor Network, recognising two decades of connection, service and partnership with communities in Timor-Leste. Join us as we come together to celebrate this special milestone and the generations of students, staff, parents and Old Boys who have been part of the TTN journey over the past 20 years.

RSVP here: https://shorturl.at/avoF3

23/09/2026

Tickets now available for the Twenty Year Celebration on the Gregory Terrace Website (link below). We have a cool venue arranged - Archer Brewing in Newmarket. It will be an excellent night to reconnect with old friends and celebrate two decades of working with our “mates” in Timor

Buy Tickets on Humanitix - Terrace Timor Network 20th Anniversary Celebration. Archer Brewing, Shed 1/278 Newmarket Rd, Wilston QLD 4051, Australia. Saturday 7th November 2026. Find event information.

03/09/2026

Great to speak with the 2026 Terrace immersion group last night in Dili. Most expressed a desire to learn, help and get out of their comfort zone. These boys and their families are the future of TTN. Our next meeting is a Waterford Place. On Oct 15 at 4:30 - 6:00 pm.

01/09/2026

The TTN 20 year anniversary trip rolls on and has been a tremendous success so far. Along with our partners at the Edmund Rice foundation we have reconnected with our projects in:
Railaco Craic - Vanilla Beans of Hope, and the Community Cooperative CCU BEHAFU (a new initiative incorporating the “card ladies”)
Terasu - Community Trades Training Center

We have had numerous exciting conversations building on the recent community engagement surveys conducted for ERF by Timor Unearthed. There is a strong desire in the communities for our continued support as the needs are still profound.

We caught up with old friends who we have worked with for decades including Norberto Beto, Flori Fatima, Ludi Fatima Alves, and many of the wonderful card ladies.

We also met the soon to be appointed country manager for ERF who is a passionate and experienced development leader. This will be a game changer for working with the local communities to ensure project meet community needs and get done.

The communities are also looking forward to the Terrace immersion group visiting next week. Look for a more thorough update in the coming weeks!

29/08/2026

Reconnecting with our friends and reconnecting with the projects

25/08/2026

After ten years away it’s great to be back in Timor Leste on the TTN 20th anniversary tour with Timor Unearthed. Can wait to reconnect with all our friends in this beautiful place over the next 10 days.

19/05/2026

Latest TTN Newsletter link here. Happy Restoration Day!
https://mailchi.mp/401a2d8472bc/ttn-term-2-updates-inside?e=64823ed909

19/05/2026

In the latest TTN newsletter, we called out for any stories or photos which could be useful to our team working on a TTN 20 year anniversary book. We soon received some great photos generoulsy shared one of the early members of "Brother Dan's Crew" who visited Timor in 2009. These were the early days of TTN and twenty years on, the passion and drive to change lives continues. If you have photos or stories to tell, please post here or PM the TTN page. Thanks Chris for sharing!

24/04/2026

Here is a bit of a fly around Railaco Craic from November 2025, courtesy of Timor Unearthed