There are many quiet revolutions taking place in East Timor.One that I recently witnessed was the graduation in basic building skills of 106 previously unemployed young men. Most of these were school dropouts who used to spend their days sitting by the roadside and throwing stones at passing cars.For these graduates, it was clear that this was the first time their achievements were publicly acknowledged. What’s more, about half of them have already secured paid jobs, a significant achievement in…
