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What a Principal Remembers
Tebwebwe Claude has been principal of Sacred Heart College in Bikenibeu, Tarawa, since 2017. When he began teaching there in...
Fourteen Years On (Anne Chapman, Timor-Leste)
In 2012 Anne Chapman (centre) finished her Palms placement in Atabae, Timor-Leste, working alongside local staff. This May she went...
Simplicity September Begins NOW!
Your invitation to simple living This September, for one month, we are inviting you to take up a simple living...
Highlights of the 2026 Timor-Leste Encounter
This month the Executive Director led a small group on a two week educational tour of Timor-Leste, travelling from its...
Returnee Stories: 65 Years of Palms
Where it began: Clair Redfern, Papua New Guinea, 1962 Clair Agnes Redfern, then Clair Toohey, was one of the very...
Baucau Timor-Leste: Sharing Skills, Building Relationships
By Wendy Baker, English Teacher Mentor at ICFP Teacher Training College For the past year, Wendy Baker has been mentoring...
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What we do
Since 1961 we have prepared qualified and experienced Australians for assignments abroad in 40 countries (as of June 2026).
$280.4m
worth of expertise
129.3k
days of primary health services
78.6k
students educated
6087
locals trained in administration, finance, community development, trades & agriculture
Witness It All on a Life-Changing Journey
Two Week Encounter Tours to Samoa, Timor-Leste, and Thailand
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416
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There is both a moral and social responsibility attaching to these experiences of foreign cultures, and if nothing awakens in our own soul, making claims and demands upon us, calling us to change the way we live, then we have been merely parasites and invaders.
David Tacey