USAID Provides Replacement Computers for the Justice Sector
USAID partner Management Sciences for Development (MSD) is responding to emergency requests from the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Appeals to replace computers, printers, and other office equipment that were damaged or stolen during the recent civil unrest in Dili. The Ministry and the Court of Appeal were among the government offices that were affected. The replacement equipment will help staff at the Ministry and the Court of Appeal resume services quickly. (Aug. 9, 2006)

USAID Project Resumes High-Value Cattle Exports
USAID-supported Coffee Cooperative of Timor (CCT) is getting its cattle export project back on track after recent civil disturbances prompted the closure of the Indonesian border. With support from USAID partner, the National Cooperative Business Association, CCT has successfully exported 100 head of cattle to Indonesia through the newly reopened Bobonaro district border and is planning to export another 100 head through the Covalima district border this week. The project trains farmers in a range of cattle management techniques, including zero grazing, to supply the high demand for fattened cattle in Indonesia. (Aug. 9, 2006)

CAVR Publications Go Out to Communities
Communities across Timor-Leste are now receiving the findings of the USAID-supported Commission on Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation (CAVR) on events during the turbulent period in 1974 and 1975 between the departure of colonial power Portugal and the invasion of Indonesia. Special distribution teams are taking a range of documents compiled by the CAVR to communities in each of the country's 13 districts, coordinating discussion of the documents and the issues they raise. Publications include the summary of the commission's full, 2,500-page report and details of its public hearings. The teams began their work in July in Oecusse, Manufahi, Liquica, and Lautem, but faced delays because of continuing security concerns about travel to and from Dili. Distribution began recently in Manatuto, Viqueque, Covalima, and Bobonaro. Feedback from the public so far includes recommendations that the post-CAVR Secretariat make the publications available more widely and that violators of human rights in Timor-Leste be held responsible for their actions. USAID supported the establishment of the CAVR in July 2001 and funded many of its activities and publications. (Aug. 9, 2006)

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