Timor Aid
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The organisation begun direct aid work inside Timor Leste in September 1999 when the country's independence referendum resulted in the destruction of 80 per cent of the national infrastructure and the displacement of a third of the Timorese population. Timor Aid's first long term development projects started with the opening of a sewing and weaving workshop in Dili, establishment of the women's development program funded by the European Commission (EC), and the establishment of the East Timor Vocational Training Centre in partnership with the local United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Since then, Timor Aid has grown into one of the largest Timorese non government organisations and has implemented around 100 small and large development projects including major projects funded by a number of European Governments, the European Commission, USAID, AusAid and United Nations agencies.
