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After 450 years of Portuguese colonization and 24 years (1975-1999) of Indonesian occupation, East Timor became a free Nation on 20 May 2002. East Timor is one of the least developed countries, with a population of almost 800,000 people who speak a multiple of languages. The official language is Portuguese and Tetun.

As part of its focus on nation building, East Timor faces enormous challenges. Preventing an HV epidemic and reducing its impact is one of its most crucial challenges. Religious and cultural constraints for public discussion on sex-related issues, a low level of health awareness and the health care system with limited resources and technical skills only add to the complexities of this challenge.

Church World Service (CWS), founded in 1946, is a relief, development, and refugee assistance ministry of a consortium of 35 Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican denominations in the United States. Working in partnership with indigenous organizations in more than 80 countries, CWS works worldwide to meet human needs and foster self-reliance for all whose way is hard.

Belonging to the same region, CWS Timor Leste works closely with CWS Indonesia , to find out more about CWS Indonesia please click this link http://www.cwsindonesia.or.id

CWS Indonesia/Timor Leste attends the 8th ICAAP with six delegates attending: Maurice Bloem, Yasmin Kapitan, Daniel Marcal, Titin Rejeki, and two youths from CWS' SCORE program, Andrian Kurnia and Monica Margaretha. Aside from learning from other delegates and organization, in the congress CWS Indonesia will also be sharing our experiences though oral and poster session, youth forum and youth pavilion, as well as our CWS Asia exhibition booth that we share with CWS Pakistan/Afghanistan. Please click the icon to visit CWS Indonesia - 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific 2007 page.

 

A series of activity for World AIDS Day in Dili - Timor Leste
CWS Timor Leste (TL) together with the Ministry of Health, National AIDS Commision (NAC), and I/NGOs in Timor Le ... ..


AIDS Candlelight Memorial in Dili
On 24 of May 2007 CWS Timor Leste (CWS TL)celebrated Candlelight Memorial (CLM) in CWS TL office in Dili. About 100 people participated in CLM ... ..


CWS signs MOU with Ministry of Health
CWS Timor Leste has signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Ministry of Health Timor Leste to further emp ... ..


World AIDS Day Events in Timor Leste hosted by the government, UN, INGOs & NGOs
To celebrate World AIDS Day on December 1 in Timor Leste, Ministry of Health together with international and national a ... ..


Community waiting for investigation results, October 6-11, 2006
The situation in Timor Leste remains hostile for the past week of 6-11 October 2006. On 10th October a male tee ... ..


  • CWS Timor Leste/Indonesia at the International AIDS Conference 2006 Ecumenical Pre-conference in Toronto, Canada. For daily coverage please visit:CWS IAC 2006
  • CWS Indonesia and CWS East Timor took part in the 7th International Congress on AIDS in Asia Pacific on 1-5 July 2005 in Kobe, Japan..more
  • World AIDS Campaign 2004..more
  • CWS Indonesia and CWS East Timor took part in XV International AIDS Conference (IAC) in Bangkok, Thailand...more

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