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Timor Leste
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Statistics:
Capital: Dili
Population: 1.1 million
Concern started work in: 1999
Life expectancy: 59.7 years
Literacy rate: 50.1%
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Capital: Dili
Population: 1.1 million
Concern started work in: 1999
With Southeast Asia’s highest malnutrition rates, Timor Leste's government is under pressure to deliver tangible benefits to the poor and ensure long-term stability.
Gender-based violence in Timor Leste
16 May 2008Gender-based violence is widespread in Timor Leste, yet perpetrators are rarely punished. Family disputes and domestic violence is often considered a "normal" yet very private occurrence within the family.
Farewell to Timor
This blog entry will be my last, unfortunately. My time in Timor Leste has come to a close.
Gender training sessions in Timor
I returned from two rural districts earlier this month with Bubu Saha, Concern Timor Leste’s organisational approach manager, after giving gender training sessions to the Concern staff.
Reflections on gender issues in Timor Leste
Posted by Niall O Murchu in | 1 February 2008 |
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It’s been a month since Christmas and New Years but as I reflect back on the holidays, it was a quiet and restful time in Dili for the most part.
Peace building in Timor's violent capital
Concern Worldwide is strengthening its work in the areas of peace-building and conflict transformation in Timor Leste.
A difficult time for Timor's displaced people
Posted by Niall O Murchu in Timor Leste Blog | 13 December 2007 |
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Rainy season in Timor Leste is a difficult time for tens of thousands of people who have been displaced from their homes. Many are now living in refugee camps in Dili and other parts of the c
Floods, nuns and river-crossing
Timor Leste is notoriously flood-prone but I had not experienced it first-hand until recently.
Remembering the Santa Cruz massacre
Candles burned and blazing tires spewed acrid smoke into the humid night air across Dili.
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Timor President visits Concern project in Daudere
21 November 2007Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta visited Concern projects in Daudere village, in early November, citing disaster mitigation efforts vital to community's future.
