Focusing on East Timor...
Facts about East Timor:
- Currency: United States Dollar
- Official languages: Portuguese Language, Tetun Language
- Government: Unitary state, Republic, Democracy, Parliamentary system
East Timor or Timor-Leste, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor. The country's size is about 15,410 km2 (5,400 sq mi).[7]
East Timor was colonised by Portugal in the 16th century, and was known as Portuguese Timor until Portugal's decolonisation of the country. In late 1975, East Timor declared its independence but later that year was invaded and occupied by Indonesia and was declared Indonesia's 27th province the following year. In 1999, following the United Nations-sponsored act of self-determination, Indonesia relinquished control of the territory, and East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century on May 20, 2002. After independence, East Timor became a member of the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries. It is one of only two predominantly Roman Catholic countries in Asia, the other being the Philippines.
East Timor has a lower-middle-income economy. About 37.4% of the country's population lives below the international poverty line – which means living on less than U.S. $1.25 per day – and about 50% of the population is illiterate. It continues to suffer the aftereffects of a decades-long struggle for independence against Indonesian occupation, which severely damaged the country's infrastructure and killed at least a hundred thousand people. The country is placed 134th on the Human Development Index (HDI). Nonetheless, East Timor is expected to have the sixth-largest percentage growth in GDP in the world for 2013.
Read more about East Timor at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor
ADRA East Timor
2011 ADRA Timor-Leste office is established in the country’s capital city of Dili, East Timor.
Some projects:
Water and Sanitation Portfolio
ADRA works with communities to improve access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation and to raise awareness of the importance of hand washing and waste management.
Lack of clean water and good sanitation, something that is often taken for granted, can debilitate entire villages with waterborne illnesses. By digging new wells and building sanitation systems, ADRA helps prevent many of the common medical problems that plague communities.
Read more http://adra.tl/archives/category/wash
Health Portfolio
Health is at the very core of much of the world’s poverty and suffering. Deadly diseases like AIDS and malaria are absolutely devastating in many areas, leaving parents without children, and many orphans who must fend for themselves. ADRA is lowering the incidence of horrific diseases like these by teaching methods of prevention.
In addressing the most basic health care problems in the developing world, ADRA’s primary health care activities benefit women and children. Health programs are designed in response to local indicators of health, including infant mortality rates, under-5 mortality rates, maternal mortality rates, evaluation of populations with access to health services/safe water/sanitation, immunization rates, percent of malnutrition, and average life expectancy rates. Most often, health programs focus on activities such as improving access to clean, potable water, sanitation systems, immunizations, and nutritional intake.
Read more http://adra.tl/archives/category/health
Read more about ADRA East Timor at http://adra.tl/
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