USAID Partners Bring Vital Services to Temporary Camps USAID's response to the humanitarian emergency includes funding through its Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and the USAID Small Grants Program to partners such as CARE and Catholic Relief Services. Vital services to the country's tens of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) include water and sanitation facilities, camp management support, hygiene kits, mosquito nets, and child protection. (June 15, 2006)

USAID Keeps Broadcasts on the Air
To ensure that reliable, timely information about current events reaches Timor-Leste's residents, USAID is supporting Radio Televisao Timor-Leste (the country's independent public radio and television broadcaster) with emergency fuel supplies and support to repair and maintain its district relay stations. USAID funding also supports newspaper distribution through its partners to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and residents outside the capital staying in temporary camps. (June 15, 2006)

Literacy and Numeracy Training Continues in Districts
Despite the disturbances in Dili, many activities funded by USAID's Small Grants Program continue uninterrupted in other parts of the country. The Women's Interests Forum in the exclave of Oecusse recently held a two-day training session on bookkeeping and literacy for 58 women. Another training session is scheduled for this week. In Covalima, in western Timor-Leste, the Foundation for the Future of the Community has improved the literacy and numeracy skills of about 90 participants since its training program began in early May. In eastern Timor-Leste, Crystal Foundation has provided similar literacy and numeracy training to more than 175 men and women in Lautem District since early May. (June 15, 2006)

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