DILI, 10 july 2021 (TATOLI) – The Public Policy Department Alumni Association of the National University of Timor-Lorosa’e (UNTL) provides building materials to seven disaster-affected families, in Lemorana hamlet of the Dare Village, in Dili.
The building materials included zinc roof, cement, and nails to be used by the disaster-affected families for constructing their houses that had been destroyed during the april-4 Tropical Cyclone Seroja rain.
Speaking at the handover ceremony of the construction materials, Inocêncio Xavier, the President of the AADPP said the fund for purchasing materials was part of the US$4.280 given by AADPP alumni and those Timorese workers who are currently working in Australia: “Of this US$4.280, we spent on three types of supports – buying medicines, supporting staple food for the vulnerable groups in five municipalities and construction materials for these seven disaster-affected families.”
“Each household receives 30 zincs roof, seven sacks of cement and 3kg of construction nails,” Xavier made the comments during the handover ceremony of the materials to the affected households in Lemorana Sub-Village of Dare Village, in Dili, today.
At the same place, the Chief Village of the Lemorana Hamlet, Alicia da Costa thanked AADPP for the support, saying the materials would help the families to rebuild their houses that were destroyed during the Tropical Cyclone Seroja the rain on april-4.
“Since my hamlet was hit by the disaster, these families received staple food and other emergency materials from various entities, but not the construction materials. So, I can’t thank AADPP enough for the support,” Costa said.
“Among these affected families, one family still lives in the Lemorana Hamlet office, one family stays with me in my house, four families live in a neighbor’s house and another family chose to rent a room somewhere in the Lemorana area,” Costa affirmed.
In addition, Fernando da Silva de Jesus, one of the affected families said that he was delighted with the support: “I would like to express my gratitude to those Timorese workers in Australia who support us through AADPP. This support shows us that Timorese people always supporting each other in any circumstances.”
Journalist: Filomeno Martins
Editor: Rafy Belo
