Hunter East Timor Sisters (HETS)
Hunter East Timor Sisters (HETS) was formed in December 2008 and is a volunteer group of women from the Newcastle region who support projects that assist women and girls in East Timor (Timor Leste). HETS formed following a request for support from Beba Sequeira, a Timorese activist, who visited Newcastle in late 2008. Beba is the director of Asia Pacific Support Collective – Timor Leste (APSC - TL) which was set up by Jude Conway, a member of HETS, in Dili in 2000 as an NGO to support women in the newly independent Timor Leste.
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HETS wants to contribute to improving opportunities for women in Timor Leste by raising funds for projects run under the guidance of APSC-TL. By selling Timorese hand-woven cloth (tais) products sourced directly from the women weavers through community events HETS is able to increase sales as income for the women weavers and also to contribute to funding educational scholarships for young women and girls in Timor Leste. HETS also wants to raise awareness of current and past issues in Timor Leste, one of our closest neighbours.
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