A team of four Universe Awareness Student Ambassadors from Leiden University developed a project to implement a series education and public outreach activities in Timor-Leste on the occasion of a rare astronomical event: the transit of Venus 2012, the last in our life time. This project aimed to start an on-going collaboration between EU-UNAWE and Timor-Leste and to engage the Timor-Leste children with science and technology and broaden their horizons. The 5-day long programme included children’s activities, teachers training workshop, public talks, public exhibition and a massive public observing event of the transit of Venus. This experience brought to light many lessons on organising such event of this scale in a developing country, and we present the funding experience during this talk.
12. Use the occasion of the Transit of Venus
2012 to start an on-going collaboration
between UNAWE and Timor-Leste for
inspiring children with our wonderful
cosmos.
13. Use the occasion of the Transit of Venus
2012 to start an on-going collaboration
between UNAWE and Timor-Leste for
inspiring children with our wonderful
cosmos.
Dates: May 31 to June 8, 2012
16. The LU Team in Timor-Leste
Children’s activities +
Assisting whoever
needs it
17. The LU Team in Timor-Leste
PR, Logistics,
Administrative, Media,
Advertisement
Children’s activities +
Assisting whoever
needs it
18. The LU Team in Timor-Leste
University exhibition
+ talks
PR, Logistics,
Administrative, Media,
Advertisement
Children’s activities +
Assisting whoever
needs it
19. The LU Team in Timor-Leste
University exhibition
+ talks
PR, Logistics,
Administrative, Media,
Advertisement
Children’s activities +
Assisting whoever
needs it
Funding +
Resources +
Teacher training
20. The LU Team in Timor-Leste
Overall PM +
Public Event
University exhibition
+ talks
PR, Logistics,
Administrative, Media,
Advertisement
Children’s activities +
Assisting whoever
needs it
Funding +
Resources +
Teacher training
39. Government Level Contacts
• Cabinet of the Minister of Education
• Cooperation Affairs Adviser, National University of
Timor-Leste
• Portuguese Embassy
• Ministry of Tourism
• European Delegation
40. Contacting the Local Teachers
• School: Science Teacher, Ana Bessa, from Escola
Portuguesa de Díli shows interest
• University: Teresinha Soares, Head of Physics
Department, happy to include us
43. Plenty In-Kind Contributions
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Escola Portuguesa de Díli
University of Timor-Lorosae
Camões Institute
Foundation Oriente
Portuguese Astronomical Society
Baader Planetarium
IAU Office of Astronomy for Development
EurAstro
AstroBook Drive/ Boston University
PCs4kids
NASA Sun-Earth Connections
Berkeley Science Education Centre
ESO
Bosscha Observatory, Bandung Institute of Technology
Art Sorrisus -Dental Implant Institute, Alverca, Portugal.
Sália Pharmacy, Setúbal, Portugal
Alola Foundation, Timor-Leste
UN Peacekeeping programme
44. Plenty In-Kind Contributions
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Escola Portuguesa de Díli
University of Timor-Lorosae
Camões Institute
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Foundation Oriente
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Portuguese Astronomical Society
Baader Planetarium
IAU Office of Astronomy for Development
EurAstro
AstroBook Drive/ Boston University
PCs4kids
NASA Sun-Earth Connections
Berkeley Science Education Centre
ESO
Bosscha Observatory, Bandung Institute of Technology
Art Sorrisus -Dental Implant Institute, Alverca, Portugal.
Sália Pharmacy, Setúbal, Portugal
Alola Foundation, Timor-Leste
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Telescopes
Books
Accommodation
Transportation
Educational material
Laptops
Solar Glasses
Time
People
49. Take Home Messages
• Students can contribute a lot to outreach
• Focus on people, not resources
50. Take Home Messages
• Students can contribute a lot to outreach
• Focus on people, not resources
• More local contact beforehand
51. Take Home Messages
• Students can contribute a lot to outreach
• Focus on people, not resources
• More local contact beforehand
• Crowdfunding is a great idea for small projects
52. Take Home Messages
• Students can contribute a lot to outreach
• Focus on people, not resources
• More local contact beforehand
• Crowdfunding is a great idea for small projects
• In-kind contributions can take you a long way