Gezinshuis Kupang op Timor

Timor is a rugged, dry island and one of the poorer regions of Indonesia. There is little work, and many people look for work on other islands or abroad. Families are under pressure as a result.

The Setia Kupang family house stands in the farming area just outside Kupang. Children, with or without a parent, find temporary and safe shelter there and can go to school. There is room for twenty people; in the hall they eat together and the children do their homework. When families or children can continue on their own, they leave the family house.

The family house runs largely on farming. On one hectare of land grow shallots and maize, there is an orchard, there are pigs and chickens and two fish ponds. The yield is for the family house, and residents learn first-hand how to set up something of their own.

The income is not (yet) enough to pay for school fees, clothing and transport on top of the daily costs, let alone anything extra. That is why we want to give sponsors the chance to sponsor a child or a young person. With 25 euro a month they are already helped a long way. Part of the sponsorship (10%) goes towards the meals, so that everyone benefits and jealousy is avoided. The rest is spent on school fees, clothing and/or medical costs. You will hear from your sponsored child twice a year.

Would you like to sponsor a resident of the family house? Read how sponsorship works.

Would you like to support the residents in this way? Then they know that someone is thinking of them, in a world that worries about very different things.