Clinic Reaches Camps with Extra Vehicles USAID has funded emergency support to Dr. Dan Murphy's health clinic in the Bairo Pite area of Dili, one of the busiest public clinics in the city. The funds have provided four rental vehicles to take staff to the IDP camps in and around the city and have paid for repairs to three vehicles owned by the clinic. The vehicles are also serving as ambulances for those patients who need transport to the national hospital. The clinic covers 3 IDP camps in Dili and camps in Liquica and Atabae west of Dili. (June 20, 2006)

USAID Monitors Crisis-Driven Price Hikes
Staff at USAID's private-sector development project have been monitoring economic activity in five of Timor-Leste's districts since the start of the civil disturbances at the end of April. They report significant increases in prices for fuel, transport, and the nine major foods in all five districts. Prices for basic foodstuffs have risen between 5% and 50%. Fuel prices are up between 20% and 100%. Transport costs have shown the biggest overall hike, doubling in the four districts were transport is still available between the district and Dili. No transport is available currently between the Oecusse exclave and Dili, although media reports indicate that Indonesia will open a border crossing soon. (June 20, 2006)

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