Impact Stories

Community-Led Total Sanitation in Viqueque
ADRA’s hygiene promotion team is creating awareness of the dangers of open defecation and the need for hygienic sanitation.Using Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) methods, ADRA staff use participatory methods to teach community members of the importance of each household having a latrine.

ADRA Supports Civil Society Alliance for Tobacco Control in Timor-Leste
In Timor-Leste nearly 70% of adult males smoke. Cigarettes are heavily advertised, easily bought by young people, and their dangers are not well known.

Kitchen Gardens for Uma Tolu
ADRA Timor-Leste is pleased to introduce a new project Kitchen Gardens for Uma Tolu. Beginning in October 2015, the KGUT project has a goal of increasing the food security of 40 households.

Antonina’s Story
Antonina, a 67 year old mother and grandmother, who lives in East Timor — situated just a short 60 minute flight from Darwin — knows all too well how vital access to clean water can be.

ADRA TL’s New Office Location
Announcing we have a new office location for our ADRA Timor-Leste office.

Clean Water Article
In January 2012 ADRA Timor-Leste, Asia’s newest ADRA office, began its very first project, “Clean Water for Uma Tolu”.

World No Tobacco Day
Timor-Leste is marking World No Tobacco Day (May 31st) for the first time with a march up Comoro Road encouraging businesses and workplaces to become smoke-free.

Change your Life on World No Tobacco Day
Timor-Leste is marking World No Tobacco Day for the first time with a march up Comoro Road encouraging businesses and workplaces to become smoke-free.

Website Launch
ADRA Timor-Leste would like to welcome you to our brand-new website. We are one of ADRA’s newest offices having just opened in January 2011 here in East Timor (known locally as Timor-Leste).