ACT Alliance

ACT in East Timor

Organisations with HQ in East Timor

• Fundasaun Sosial Naroman (Protestant Church of East Timor social arm) (FUSONA)

International organisations in East Timor

• Church World Service (CWS)
• YAKKUM (including YEU)

Organisations funding work in East Timor

• Act for Peace
• Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
• Christian World Service (CWS)
• United Church of Canada (UCC)
• UnitingWorld Relief and Development Unit

About East Timor

• Population: 1.1 Million (UN, 2009)
• Capital: Dili
• Area: 14,609 sq km (5,641 sq miles)
• Major languages: Tetum and Portuguese (official), Indonesian and English (working languages)
• Major religion: Christianity
• Life expectancy: 60 years (men), 62 years (women) (UN)
• Monetary unit: 1 US dollar = 100 cents
• Main exports: Coffee, marble, potential for oil exports
• GNI per capita: $2,460 (World Bank, 2008)