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My name is Adelina da
Costa Belo. I live in Chai. I have three children,
two boys and one girl. I do not have a job. I'm
just a (subsistence) farmer. Everyday I work on
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My name is Balbina Pereira
and I am originally from Ermera although I now reside
in Taibessi, Dili. The East Timorese woven cloth
known as tais exisited long before I was born. [more] |
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My name is Cristina
de Deus and I am originally from Atsabe. Because
we do not have any capital, we make our living from
tais production and coffee. [more] |
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My name is Cristina
Dias Quintas. I live in Foi Massoru and I am 27
years old.
Our problems and our suffering in this world are
because men and women do wrong. [more]
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My name is Domingas
Soares and I live in the Laegatar village in Suco
Lour sub-district, Covalima. I am a member of the
OMT (Timórese Women´s Organisation).
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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. [more] |
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My name is Joana dos
Reis I live in Tasiri village, Zumalai sub-district,
Covalima. In this story I want to tell you about
the difficulties that I have been faced with over
several months in 1999. [more] |
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My name is Ofélia
Valente. I am 30 years old and I live in the village
of Chai. I am unemployed. I live in Chahau with
my dependent child. I don't have the money to pay
for my child to go to school. [more] |
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My name is Rosa Barros,
and I live in the village of Maitai in the Maucatar
sub-district, Covalima. My team's name is Mina-Rai,
which is composed of 100 members working together.
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