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Chiquito - Timor Leste Case Study (3-6)

Chiquito - Timor Leste Case Study (3-6)

Before he joined the Sustainable Livelihoods/Disaster Risk Reduction program supported by Caritas Australia and our local partner Caritas Diocesana Maliana, Chiquito’s family faced the prospect of not having enough food on the table. They only just produced enough food from their family farm to survive. Sometimes they didn’t have enough money for basic health care and medicine.  

Through the programs that generous people like you help support, farmers like Chiquito can learn skills in sustainable agriculture that enable them to maximise the use of their land to grow a wide variety of crops.

The program also helped develop Chiqutio’s business skills and he can now access markets in the capital Dili and sell his vegetables for income. He can plant seeds in accordance with supply and demand to generate a healthy profit.

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