Friends of Same

The Friends of Same community group was set up by Boroondra Council in 2002 to develop the friendship relationship entered into by the City of Boroondara with Same Sub-District in the District of Manufahi, Timor-Leste, as part of the wider friendship program established by the Victorian Local Governance Association (VLGA) to provide community support for the people of the newly independent nation of Timor-Leste, following years of occupation and violence. Timor-Leste is still a developing nation, with high levels of poverty, malnutrition and disease (for example dengue fever, rheumatic heart disease and TB), and there is a continuing need for projects that assist development.