Smart Start Perth

Sending lots of love off with the Timor Leste Vision crew to our friends in Timor Leste.

🇹🇱 Why We Want to Support Timor-Leste Schools

1. 37% of rural youth are illiterate, with limited access to qualified teachers or basic learning materials.
2. Decades of conflict left most schools destroyed, forcing generations to grow up without safe classrooms or consistent education.
3. Timor-Leste faces chronic food poverty, and many children arrive at school hungry—if they can attend at all.
4. Timorese people are among the shortest in the world, a direct result of long-term malnutrition and poor early childhood health.
5. Every year of schooling can increase lifetime earnings by 10%, helping families break the cycle of poverty for good.