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| USAID Timor-Leste
works on behalf of Americans to help improve the lives of the Timorese
people. Telling Our Story is our effort to let everyone see the impact
of USAID’s work in this young country through the stories of
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Maubara Beach Craft Fair Shows How Tourism Can Benefit Local Communities
(June 26, 2009)
On 20 June, 2009, all roads led to Maubara in Liquica district (west of Dili), as an estimated 1,000 people attended the Beach Craft Fair organized by USAID's Dezenvolve Setór Privadu (DSP) project, in collaboration with Mós Belle, a project funded by Cooperação Portugesa, and the Ministry of Tourism, Commerce, and Industry.
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Internship
Pays Off for Young Chef (August 7, 2008)
Until recently, Ana Florinda
da Costa, 25, from the remote village of Buibau in Baucau, was
among Timor-Leste’s unemployed youth.
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Radio Akademika Hits
the Air; Pilot Journalism Course Starts (July 1, 2008)
The Universidade Nacional de Timor-Leste’s
(UNTL) radio station Radio Akademika is now on the air at 90.0 FM.
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Regional Media House in Ermera Opens Doors to Journalists, Communities
(March 20, 2009)
The Regional Media House in Ermera opened its doors to journalists and the community on March 20, 2009.
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Clinic Café Timor Opens 4 More Health Clinics in Villages
(April 7, 2009)
Cooperativa Café Timor's health care division, Clinic Café Timor, recently opened a small health clinic in a village called Estado in Ermera district (west of the capital, Dili). Three more similar small health clinics will follow suit over the next six months in the coffee-growing regions.
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Local Clinic Reaches Out
to Improve the Lives of Displaced People (September 13, 2006)
An estimated 150,000 people
fled their homes in Dili after civil disturbances in April and
May. Access to health care is one of the most pressing problems
for many of the internally displaced people (IDPs) who now live
in camps around the capital city or in communities in rural districts
that are hard pressed to accommodate their needs.
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