About Us

The Friends of Baguia is a community group that was formed to foster friendship, support and cross-cultural exchange at a grassroots level with the people of Baguia. A friendship agreement is a formal agreement normally between Local Governments and communities in East Timor. The friendship agreement with the Sub-district of Baguia in Timor Leste (East Timor) was endorsed by a City of Stonnington Council resolution in September 2004.

Committee

All positions in the Committee are voluntary and the City of Stonnington provides some administrative support to the group.

The Friends of Baguia President has made several visits to Baguia to facilitate links with the community of Baguia and work with the people there to identify suitable projects for Friends of Baguia to support. These trips have been self-funded, and were partly necessitated due to the lack of normal communication channels - there are no phone, postal or email services in Baguia!

Meetings

The Committee holds meetings every second month on the first Wednesday of the month. However, due to fund-raising activities these may sometimes be changed. Everyone is welcome to attend meetings. Please confirm the date and advise your attendance with the City of Stonnington Liaison Officer.

For Brochure with further information on Baguia and our projects click here