Series of Seminar on Prevention of Covid-19 from WHO March 2020 In response to feedback from our customer we have engaged with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to conduct a weekly workshop on the prevention of Covid-19 for the public at Xanana Gusmão Reading Room. There were two sessions being held at our space “Uma … Read more
The TUK TUK Library Early 2020 the board of management and staff discussed a creative idea to innovate our service to the community, especially to encourage love of reading. And the idea was to transform the TUK TUK motorcycle to become as a mobile library. The TUK TUK was generously donated by Maun Boot Kay … Read more
Our partners are a central part of our story and our success. Our collaborations with Alumni of Timor-Leste’s Youth Parliament, Care Timor-Leste, Cannox media, Centro Nacional Chega (CNC) and Youth Community Care (YCC) explore practical ways to teach skills and concepts, literacy and numeracy through place based learning strategies. Youth forums encourage a sharing of … Read more
On 22 November 2017, A Radio New Zealand journalist, Sally Round visited the Reading Room in order to have discussions with young people in Timor Leste. Her objective was to gain an understanding of the perceptions of young people regarding their nation’s development challenges and their own personal aspirations. Many spoke of the lack of employment prospects in … Read more
Today at the Xanana Gusmao Reading Room, we started leadership training from Movimentu Tane Timor and Lorico Dili Redline teams, for young people, students, and the community. This training will be held for a week from 9 am to 10 am and will continue in the afternoon from 2 pm to 3 pm. For anyone … Read more
For the end of our latest exhibition “Memory ‘99” the Xanana Gusmão Reading Room are holding an event on the exhibition’s last day, Monday 4th September. This exhibition at the Xanana Gusmão Reading Room is in memory of the events that took place in 1999 which opened the path to the restoration of independence for … Read more
The “Memória 1999” exhibition was a unique opportunity for all East Timorese citizens to share their significant memories – not just the stories of heroes that people hear about more commonly. The stories gathered in the “Memória 1999” exhibition tell of people’s personal values and their pride in being part of the history of Timor-Leste’s … Read more
The Xanana Gusmão Reading Room has a new exhibition opening on Wednesday 16th August at 1:30 pm, I welcome you to come along and please do pass on this message to friends and colleagues or anyone who might be interested. Entry FREE! This exhibition at the Xanana Gusmão Reading Room is in memory of the … Read more