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An Invitation to Partner

Rosemary Bekker President, Willoughby Friends of Ossu

Friends of Ossu is a local (Willoughby-based) community friendship group supporting the people of Ossu – a small village in impoverished Timor-Leste. As a founding member of Friends of Ossu, I am pleased and proud of the support we have provided over the past decade. We have supported education, health and environmental programs which are detailed on our website www.friendsofossu.org.au.

Our latest project – a water sanitation and health (WaSH) project – comes at the behest of the village leaders in Ossu – they are in desperate need of a clean and reliable water supply.

Project partners WaterAid

This is a major project and Friends of Ossu, in alliance with WaterAid, has fully assessed the needs and costed the project. We have commenced Stage 1 to bring water from one of the supply points and now seek financial support for Stages 2 & 3 – connecting more water sources to schools and the clinic in Ossu. More information on our friendship group, on Timor-Leste and Ossu, and on the WaSH project is attached to this communication.

800 kilometres in 40 Days Luke keighery

We are asking you and your business to assist by way of sponsorship – to give water to the Ossu community. To this end, one of our members – Luke Keighery – is walking 800km on the Camino trail in Spain in September/October. Luke is paying his own costs – a significant contribution – so we are looking to leverage this contribution by a factor of 10-20 times to raise $100,000.

We ask you to partner us in providing water to Ossu by becoming a Corporate Sponsor. You can become a sponsor at the following levels:

➢ High Water Sponsor (Platinum)

$30,000

➢ Pipe Water Sponsor (Gold)

$15,000

➢ Tap Water Sponsor (Silver)

$7,500

➢ Corporate Supporter

$2,000 – $7,499

Read the full details including features and benefits here.

All sponsorship monies are deposited with WaterAid Australia, a Deductible Gift Recipient.

We look forward to having you sign up as a Corporate Sponsor. Please contact either myself on 0410 545 585 or Luke on 0424 188 139 to sponsor or to discuss further.

Yours faithfully

Rosemary Bekker

President, Willoughby Friends of Ossu

Ossu WASH – Background

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On Sunday we were joined by 16 participants for ou On Sunday we were joined by 16 participants for our Ecosystems in Our Cities event at the Gallery Gardens Bushcare site. The Gallery Gardens Bushcare group has been going for nearly 25 years. The group enjoyed a site tour by Simon Alexander Cook from The Social Canvas AU, and a talk on urban ecology by Creating Canopies Coordinator Elisha Duxbury. 
We finished things off with morning tea and measuring the circumference of an ancient cabbage gum. It was 4.5m at breast height! 😮🌳🌳 
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It's time to find out your impact for 2021! Get Yo It's time to find out your impact for 2021! Get Your Hands Dirty is having an end of year event on Sunday 13 Dec 🌼🌿🐌 We're heading to Castlereagh Nature Reserve for a bushwalk followed by session where we'll go through our friend @intrepidlandcare's Co-Design for Wiser Action Workbook. This is a chance to catch up, explore a site full of beautiful rare bushland and learn tools for making your ideas happen on-ground. The event is open to any young people keen to get involved. No need to have participated in GYHD or Landcare before. Registrations are via our website link 🌱
Last weekend we had the absolute pleasure of meeti Last weekend we had the absolute pleasure of meeting 12 inspiring young people for Get Your Hands Dirty - Eco Campout at Mitchell Park in Cattai. It was fantastic to hear about all the activities everyone is already involved with from Landcare to wildlife and climate action! 

The group helped smash a patch of mother of millions and trad in the Reserve. @toms_hooked_on_nature and Avianation took us on epic Nocturnal Nature Safaris and morning birdwalk. Massive thanks to @nswnationalparks for hosting and to everyone who came along! @richiebenson00 
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A great day planting trees in Fairfield on friday A great day planting trees in Fairfield on friday 9th October for the Creating Canopies team. It was a long but fun day out and exciting to be creating an urban native canopy at a hospital in this unusual COVID world!

Landcare NSW and Greater Sydney Landcare Network coordinated the planting of 1200 trees and companion shrubs, planted by about 20 volunteers. This work was supported by the Premier’s Priority Greening our City, Fairfield Hospital, South West Sydney Local Heath District and Fairfield City Council.

We want to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone who helped with the tree planting. It was a big day, but well worth it to start an urban forest! #landcare #greatersydneylandcare #landcarensw #trees #treeplanting
Camping, Bushcare and watching for wildlife - coun Camping, Bushcare and watching for wildlife - count us in! 🦜🦎🌿 Are you a young person passionate about biodiversity? This is your chance to help restore threatened bushland and yellow-bellied glider habitat! To get involved, check out the registration link in our profile.
Enjoying the misty mountain view at Coorongooba Ca Enjoying the misty mountain view at Coorongooba Campground. From our bushwalk on Day 2 of Get Your Hands Dirty - Living on the Edge
Huge thanks to the 8 volunteers from Sydney who jo Huge thanks to the 8 volunteers from Sydney who journeyed out to Capertee Valley for GYHD - Living on the Edge! 👊🌿

The event was a partnership between Capertee Valley Landcare, Central Tablelands LLS and Friends of the Colo, who were the local hosts for the event, and Geater Sydney Landcare Network.

We got to help restore Capertee River by taking out massive privets, explore an abandoned shale oil works, see bushfire recovery in Wollemi National Park, camp out, and enjoy stunning views!

Thanks to the local Landcare groups and CS LLS for hosting us! We can't wait to do it again!
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(Volunteers in the photo are in a domestic bubble.)
FREE Landcare Adventure coming up for young people FREE Landcare Adventure coming up for young people. Keen to get out now that spring has sprung? 🌼 Come explore Capertee Valley and help restore the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. Registration url is in the comments 👇#landcare #conservation #adventure #youth #youthleadership #nature #wildlife #australia #LandcareNSW #sustainability #regeneration #ecology #hike #bushwalk
Greater Sydney Landcare Network had our first Crea Greater Sydney Landcare Network had our first Creating Canopies planting day on Saturday. Robyn Preston MP - Member for Hawkesbury, Landcare NSW CEO Adrian Zammit, and seventeen volunteers gathered to plant 130 trees, which will contribute to an important local habitat corridor for koalas. 

This is the first event, which will contribute to planting 100,000 trees across Greater Sydney in partnership between Greater Sydney Landcare Network and Landcare NSW.

Huge thanks to all the volunteers for the day! 🌳🌳🌳 #CreatingCanopies #LandcareNSW #koalas #trees #GreaterSydney #DPIE
Thinking about what to do after the COVID restrict Thinking about what to do after the COVID restrictions are lifted? Apply for the Spring into Scavange program and lead your community to become waste-wise. They'll teach you the ins and outs of event organisation and community activation through hosting your own Scavenge event in September, October or November 2020 -  dates may change. @seasidescavenge
Last Saturday Get Your Hands Dirty headed out to C Last Saturday Get Your Hands Dirty headed out to Chipping Norton Lakes to take out lantana. They paddled to an island in Lake Moore, which hadn't been visited in years only to find a jungle! Huge thank you to everyone who came along. Also thank you to Liverpool City Council Australia and Bryon from Freedom Outdoors! 🚣‍♀️🌿👊
We're at WSU Western Fair today with Hawkesbury La We're at WSU Western Fair today with Hawkesbury Landcare Network. Come say 'hi' and find out what's coming up your local area!
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