Katie Chalk
Katie Chalk is an Australian communicator who has been working for World Vision since 2002, moving to the Asia-Pacific office in 2006 to assist with reporting on issues and events relevant to World Vision's work in the region. As well as supporting national communications teams to collect and share stories and images, she writes opinion for websites and regional media. Katie is based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
A million dollar view in impoverished East Timor
Author: Katie Chalk
Every morning, when Madalena opens her front door, she is faced with what has to be one of the most beautiful views on earth. High in the mountain ranges of Lequidoe, East Timor, she watches the sun spill over countless unspoilt peaks, with distant mists dissolving into a sky of impossible blue.
When I mention how much land like hers would be worth in my home country of Australia, she looks at me as though I am an idiot. Or tactless. Or both.
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Author: Katie Chalk
Every morning, when Madalena opens her front door, she is faced with what has to be one of the most beautiful views on earth. High in the mountain ranges of Lequidoe, East Timor, she watches the sun spill over countless unspoilt peaks, with distant mists dissolving into a sky of impossible blue.
When I mention how much land like hers would be worth in my home country of Australia, she looks at me as though I am an idiot. Or tactless. Or both.
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