Bondia everyone! (that’s G’day in East Timor “Tetun”) I wanted to give you all a short update on the projects we are hoping to assist with in and around Balibo in East Timor (or Timor-Leste). Dr Denis Bartrum and I travelled to Balibo last month for a week. Our aims
Project News
Builecon School Inspection
REPORT FROM BALIBO FROM MiVAC CHAIRMAN, BRIAN BOON While Builecon school was not part of our water supply project in Timor-Leste, I did visit the school to see the deplorable state of it. The school is located some 4km East from Balibo 5 CLC, with about 650 m of dirt
February 2024 Newsletter
Welcome to our February Newsletter …. and on behalf of our MiVAC Board and ExecutiveCommittee, I wish you and yours a very happy and safe 2024. I wish to welcome our new Treasurer – Mr Morrie Evans. Morrie joins us with a wealth of experience in senior military and civilian
December 2023 Newsletter
Although sadly we were severely hindered in constructing our water supply projects inVietnam, our MiVAC Board and Executive Committee have been actively examining possiblenew projects for 2024. We have changed our focus from the larger 2-3 year projects we have completed or plannedin the past, to more of the shorter
April 2023 Newsletter
Hello, or Xin chào! (pronounced “sin chow”!) in Vietnamese. Sadly, we have to announce that we have pulled out of Vietnam. We have had very little support from the various levels of government; even to the extent that the provincial government has asked us to submit “project documents” that will
March 2023 Newsletter
We are very happy to announce that we have arrived in Vietnam to commence our WASH (Water, Sanitation and Health) project in the Ba Tang Commune! Peter Perry has been here for about five weeks already to help set up the Administrative and Logistical aspects for the project, including: Hiring
Call to Volunteers – Vietnam 2023
As outlined in our recent newsletter, the MiVAC team visited the Quang Tri Province of Vietnam in early 2017 to carry out an initial feasibility study into the provision of running water to needy villages and schools. A subsequent visit in 2019 allowed us to develop a design and
December 2022 Newsletter
The MiVAC Board has been very busy this year, with some highlights being: Seconding a Membership Coordinator and a Volunteer Coordinator to our ExecutiveCommittee. Seconding a “Webmaster” who has been making considerable improvements to ourwebpage Updating several of our policies that apply to our volunteers working overseas Obtaining various approvals
April 2022 Newsletter
Because of the seriousness of the COVID situation in Vietnam, and the upcoming wet seasonthere, the MiVAC Board has decided to delay the start of our project until early 2023. TheProvincial Government and our main donor both agree with this decision. For project details & more MiVAC news, click here
Ba Tang Project Update
COVID has certainly had a major impact on so many people and activities across our globe! And sadly this also includes our planned WASH (Water Sanitation and Health) project in Ba Tang in Quang Tri Province in Vietnam. We were planning on starting there almost 2 years ago, but the