USAID-Assisted Transport Association Makes Its First Food Aid Delivery To Oecussi Enclave
To respond to the World Food Program's urgent request for food aid delivery to Oecussi, a convoy of five trucks from the USAID-assisted Truck Transport Association delivered by land 52 metric tons of assorted food commodities to the enclave situated wholly in Indonesian West Timor on January 31st. USAID’s Private Sector Development Project (DSP) has been assisting the truckers’ association with capacity building and, in this instance, facilitating the paperwork for the trucks to be able to cross the border.

USAID Private Sector Development Facilitates Cattle Trade
USAID’s Private Sector Development Project (DSP) has facilitated the sale of 42 heads of cattle valued at US$5,700 for eight traders and 17 farmers from Bobonaro, Lautem and Covalima districts. The activity links rural traders and farmers to market opportunities, including supply of young bulls to the NCBA/CCT (Cooperative Café Timor-Leste) cattle fattening program. DSP plans to identify additional farmers, traders and buyers to build a network for increased cattle trade, especially for farmers from the eastern districts who are being reintroduced to markets following restricted trade due to the security situation.

First Lady Opens Workshop on Infant and Young Child Feeding
Timor-Leste's First Lady, Kirsty Sword Gusmao, last week opened a three-day workshop on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Dili. The workshop, attended by Timor-Leste’s health workers, identified key interventions to combat malnutrition, such as exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and micronutrient supplementation. The workshop concluded that the integrated delivery of these interventions could help halve the country’s high child mortality rate by 2010. The workshop was jointly sponsored by USAID partner, Timor-Leste Assistencia Integradu Saude; the Ministry of Health; UNICEF; WHO; and other organizations working in the nutrition sector.

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