Volunteers and Australian Overseas Aid
Jack McGilchrist - Technical advisor, East Timor
Australian Volunteers International
Jack McGilchrist is working on a silkworm farm in East Timor. Jack is training Timorese farmers to cultivate the mulberry crops used as food for the silkworms. The silk produced by the silkworms is made into traditional scarves and bags that are sold in the surrounding villages.
Jack McGilchrist on an earlier assignment, at the Honiara Botanic Gardens with horticulturist Anderson Ifui