A banquet of mouth-watering East Timor cuisine will be showcased at a charity fund-raising dinner in November.
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‘Taste of Timor’ will highlight the country’s spectacular food, with money raised to go towards improving clean, safe water and sanitation to rural villages.
Water East Timor (WET) is organising the event, which will be held at the South Warrnambool Football club rooms, at Friendly Societies park on Saturday, November 10.
Organiser Greta Perry said the event was an exclusive opportunity for people to experience the country’s cuisine.
She said WET did important work, as a lack of sanitation and clean water lead to diseases including congenital heart disease.
“The money raised will allow us to send a plumber to the remote area, find a spring or a well and teach villagers how to pipe water. We teach them the skills to do it, then they can pass that knowledge on.”
She said it meant that the villagers would not have to carry water many kilometres back to their home.
“Children can go to school and get themselves out of poverty,” she said.
This will be the second fundraising dinner. An event held in 2016 proved to be a sell-out.
Ms Perry said the the three-course meal would cater for everyone, including vegetarians and vegans.
The event is being sponsored by Krush Oz, who make cleaning and maintenance products for bikes.
WET members are from across the south-west who have expertise and an interest in water and sanitation system installation and management, health promotion and education.
Small teams of local tradesmen with support from the Warrnambool East Rotary Club and the community have travelled to Timor Leste over the past eight years to teach East Timorese communities the necessary skills to construct, implement and maintain water systems in rural areas.
Individuals and service groups work in partnership to donate money, time and expertise to fund the water systems.
East Timor is among the poorest nations in the world, yet problems still remain in health care, nutrition and sanitation. Many of the serious illnesses that confront the people of East Timor are due to unsafe or inadequate supplies of running water.
There will also be live East Timorese music to entertain guests and raffles and prizes to be won.
The evening kicks off at 7pm. Tickets are $70 and can be purchased by phoning 0438 415 661.
A snapshot of the delectable food can be seen on Sabores de Timor’s Facebook page, while WET’s page showcases the work it does.
Visit www.watereasttimor.org for more information.