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My name is Ermelinda Ho'ara. I come from Atambua. I
married an East Timorese. Therefore I consider myself
to be an East Timorese, too. My work is weaving Atambua
tais which we learned from our ancestors. I too have
learned and now I know how to weave.
 Now,
all of us from Atambua have formed a weaving group to
weave Atambua tais. We are working hard so that our
tais are marketable. We need funds as capital to further
these efforts in the future.
We hope that our tais can be sold so that we can have
savings for our future and for the future of our families
and children, and also money to pay for our children's
schooling and for our everyday needs. I appeal for support
so that this weaving project can continue. I hope for
some action to be taken based on what I have said -
I wish for our Atambua tais to be promoted because we
are also East Timorese.
February, 2002
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