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Programs

Timor-Leste Oecusse

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$76,718 needed of $157,799

Implementing Organization

Church World Service (CWS)

Program Summary

This program draws on lessons learned from a previous program implemented by Church World Service and local partner FFundasaun Sosial Naroman (FUSONA) in Liquica, Timor-Leste. Both programs are part of Church World Service’s Timor Zero Hunger initiative.

This program addresses food insecurity and malnutrition in three villages in the Oecusse-Ambeno Special Administrative Region. Oecusse is Timor-Leste’s only non-contiguous region and is among the country’s most deprived areas.

CWS and FUSONA are working with 300 farming familites in three villages. To achieve the goal of improving food security and reducing malnutrition, the program focuses on four objectives:

  1. To improve community agricultural output through sustainable, climate resilient farming techniques;
  2. To improve community nutritional levels;
  3. To strengthen community agri-business capacity and income generation; and
  4. To increase economic leadership and income generation among community women.

To achieve these objectives, we will collaborate with farmers, village leaders, community women, and government officials.

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