About Us


We are a community-based group based in the City of Boroondara, Melbourne, Australia. We are part of a network of East Timor Friendship Groups providing a forum to coordinate support for the people of the Same region, East Timor, in rebuilding their communities.

Friends of Same in 2018


Founders of Friends of Same in 2002

Judith Voce, Martina Hayes, Felicity Fraser