In the Tetun language, Agronegsio no Bee ba Moris Diak (ABMD) means Agribusiness and Water for Better Life. The ABMD Project in Timor-Leste is supporting households in fifteen villages in the Los Palos district. The project is working with farmers to improve food security and increase their access to clean water. Farmers receive training to identify gaps in the market so they can grow and sell crops that are in high demand, providing consistent income. The project also provides farmers and their families with access to a reliable water source for drinking, washing, and watering crops.
This project is supported by the Australian Government through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP).
Timor-Leste is one of many countries where ADRA is helping to improve the health and wellbeing of communities. We have ongoing health projects that have been developed in collaboration with trusted partners and communities to build healthier lives. Examples of ADRA health project activities include:
Maria and her husband Salvador are farmers in rural Timor-Leste. Maria and her family struggled to live from harvest to harvest. They ate what they could grow, and with the little they sold, Maria and Salvador would buy essentials like rice and fertiliser.
“In the dry season, water is really hard to get,” Maria says. “The water would dry up.”
Through ADRA, Maria and Salvador received training on how to best use their land and soil to produce thriving harvests, even in the dry season. But the biggest change came when they received strawberry seeds.
“Strawberries in the dry season are good. They have made a good change in our lives,” says Maria. “Many people are buying the strawberries and we cannot keep up with the demand! Thank you for helping my family.”
