Amplifying women’s voices
With support from the Disaster READY program, Anita can now train others on how to identify risks caused by climate change.
‘Our plan is to save our lives’: young women leading on disaster preparedness in Timor-Leste
21-year-old Leonia is taking the lead on a savings and loans group that enables her community to prepare for disasters. With the support of Disaster READY, members can now plan ahead for food shocks and damage from storms.
Sowing seeds of resilience
In Timor-Leste, Disaster READY is working with local parishes to ensure communities are becoming more resilient and adaptive to the impacts of climate change.
Disability inclusion takes a leading role in Timor-Leste
As a woman with a disability, Angelina has become a vital voice in ensuring her remote community in Timor-Leste is ready to cope with the next disaster.
“Women can be leaders.”
After Madalena received support through Disaster READY, she realised that she was in a position to help other women in her community.
Building safer schools through disaster management in Timor-Leste
In Timor-Leste, the lack of clean water in schools puts children at risk. This is further exacerbated for kids living in disaster-prone communities. Disaster READY’s Disaster Management Committees are driving locally-led solutions to help keep these children safe.
From too much water to not enough: flood-damaged pipes repaired in Timor-Leste
Floods in Timor-Leste in April 2021 damaged water infrastructure, leaving communities without nearby access to clean water. Through the AHP response, World Vision supported the construction of new water tanks and piping to restore access.
"I used to earn around 60 dollars in a week from the produce but now I am able to earn between 200 and 300 dollars!"
In Timor-Leste, Disaster READY Partners are supporting small scale farmers like Marilia to improve farming techniques while also mitigating against disaster.
Ripples of change for Doroteia after water access improvements
When her village gained improved access to water with support from Disaster READY, Doroteia was able to become a businesswoman, selling her produce at market.
Low-tech, cheap, but effective: protecting Terejinha’s home from a swelling river
Terejinha worried about the river every wet season, wondering if it might sweep away her modest home and everything in it. Through Disaster READY, Timor-Leste partners devised a solution.
After a 450 year wait, Halimea village has clean water on tap
Residents of Halimea village in Timor-Leste say they have had problems with water access for 450 years. But all that has changed after support from the AHP Disaster READY program.
Managing hilly land for climate resilient food in Timor-Leste
Through the AHP Disaster READY program, Plan International Timor-Leste is supporting training for farmers in terracing, an agricultural technique of shaping sloping land to control erosion.
Clean, close water for health and crops in Bobonaro, Timor-Leste
Through Disaster READY, communities in Bobonaro, Timor-Leste, have been supported to protect their water sources from contamination, improving community health and agriculture.
Colourful flood markers transform river safety in Viqueque, Timor-Leste
For villages along the Bebui River in Viqueque, Timor-Leste, the river is an important water source. Now, a community-designed early warning system is saving lives along the river during the dangerous rainy season.
Communities better prepared for the wet and dry in Oecusse, Timor-Leste
Through the AHP Disaster READY program, three parishes in Oecusse, Timor-Leste, have been supported to install water tanks and access training on community-based disaster risk management.
Disaster READY farming for Timor-Leste’s long dry season
With the support of Disaster READY partners in Timor-Leste, farmers like Elda have learned techniques to weather the country’s long dry seasons to improve their food security and livelihood.
Planning for drought, reducing workloads and increasing accessibility - Timor-Leste
Disaster READY: Three communities in Timor-Leste work together to install a water tank and in doing so, reduce the workload of women and increase accessibility for people with disabilities.
Increasing community awareness on COVID-19 prevention in Timor-Leste
Disaster READY: World Vision is supporting remote communities in Timor-Leste to become COVID-19 aware.
Timor-Leste communities lead the way in disaster risk reduction
Disaster READY: Prepared communities are safe communities. Read how one woman is supporting her Village Disaster Committee in Timor-Leste.
Disability awareness raised in Timor-Leste disaster reporting
Disaster READY Timor-Leste partners Oxfam Timor-Leste and ABC International Development delivered Inclusive Disaster Reporting training in Timor-Leste in a attempt to build awareness of disability awareness in media reporting in times of disaster.