Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Helping Orphans in East Timor
East Timor is an island nation--a former Portuguese colony just above Australia--that became the target of a relentless, murderous, and U.S.-sponsored assault by Indonesia on December 7, 1975. Two-thirds of the island’s population eventually died from war, starvation, and disease.
Today, East Timor is struggling toward what passes for independence in a corporate world and, as you might imagine, the presence of America is any way, shape, or form has resulted in abject poverty. A regular reader here has informed me of a small way we can help some of the children orphaned by decades of desperation.
Interested parties should contact Father Richard Daschbach for more details at the following address:
Father Richard Daschbach SVD
Topu Honis Kutet
P.O.Oekusi
via Dili,Timor Leste
via Darwin N.T.0800
Australia
Another good resource:
http://www.etan.org
Also, here’s something I wrote about East Timor a while back:
http://www.zmag.org/Sustainers/content/2001-12/07z.cfm
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