• East Timor refugees have lived in West Timor (Indonesia) since September 1999 soon after the total destruction in East Timor.

• They are still living in tents, huts and very simple houses around Kupang, Atambua, Kefamenanu, Betun and Soe.

• Most of them lack food, medicine, good nutrition, clean water and clothes. Many refugees suffer from diseases such as : malaria, diarrhoea, skin-disease/infection, eye-disease and infection of respiratory-channel, malnutrition.

• Besides these physical diseases many refugees are suffering frompost-war trauma and mental depression or stress. These psychological problems have been enlarged by the real problems they are facing as refugees: a difficult life in tents (hot, crowded, muddy, unhealthy ventilation), the lack of food, intimidation, diseases, etc. Therefore, generally the refugees prefer to be silent, are suspicious of every newcomer, are explosive and get angry quickly, etc

• Many of them spending their time cultivating the land around their tents. They plant maize, vegetables and potatoes, etc. Some of them opening kiosks to sell everyday eatables and other necessities. Men usually spend their time by gambling or walking around idly. Children and teenagers lack schools and the opportuntiy to learn reading, writing and other useful skills. The means for other positive creastive activities are also lacking.

• Since the riot in Atambua on September 6^th, 2000, many foreign volunteers left Timor and as consequence : many programmes to help refugees have been stopped.

• Health Care : By visiting refugees in their tents and attending the sick. Generally the sick stay in their tents and their family do not bring them to the post of service to get medicine or injection. Therefore the physician and nurses have to visit them in their tents.

• Nourishing : especially for the children who suffer from malnutrition. The service for nourishing will be run three times a week.

• Distributing the aid given to the refugees (food, cloths, medicines, etc.)

• Dynamic or play group and general education courses for teenagers and youth, since: most of them left their secondary or senior high school.

• "Bridge of communication": it means to help the refugees to contact and to get news from their families in East Timor by bringing their letters to East Timor and vice versa. Information and news from their families would be credible and important for refugees to know the very real situation in East Timor.

• Pastoral Care: most of East Timor people are Catholics. In general they express their faith in devotions, especially to Saint Mary and St. Anthony of Padua. By Pastoral Care we want to be with them and together with them reflect and contemplate their experiences and suffering in the light of Christian faith. Christian faith and values could be helpful ways to confront and to open a horizon of life in the hope that God will never leave his people struggling alone for peace, justice and truth.

• .Reconciliation : Reconciliation comes from the religious or spiritual sphere and links to the spiritual and religious disposition of someone. Pastoral Care could be helpful as a starting point of a long process of reconciliation in its political and social effects Reconciliation has to be a process of enlightenment and consientization and repentence.. We would like to cooperate with those who have the same interest and concern of peace-making and reconciliation.

• Rent for a house Rp. 10.000.000
• Living expenses for 6 volunteers for one year Rp. 43.000.000
• Salaries for a physician, nurses and cooks Rp 45.000.000
• Transportation, car rental and maintenance Rp 122.000.000
• Nutrition for 1000 children for one year: Rp.320.000.000
• Medicines for one year Rp. 100.000.000
• Education, play groups, activities Rp. 40.000.000
• Pastoral Care Rp.50.000.000,-
• Unpredictable cost s Rp. 10.000.000,-

Jakarta, December 25^th, 2000

JPIC Coordina tor of OFM – Indonesia Minister Provincial

• by check payable to Curia Generalizia Sviluppo Francescano

• by bank transfer to Istituto per le Opere di Religione, 00120 Città del Vaticano
Account LIT 27505-021 OR Account US$ 27505-022
Frati Minori C. G. - F/ Sviluppo

In any transfer please indicate East Timor Refugees and inform L'Ufficio per lo Sviluppo - Curia Generalizia dei Frati Minori - Via Santa Maria Mediatrice, 25 - 00165 Roma, Italia
fax 39 06 638-0292 -- e-mail devgen@ofm.org

• by bank transfer to ABN-AMRO BANK (Swift code "Chips Quid 059 391)
  Account Number 13.21.218
  Jl.Ir.H. Juanda 23-24 KWI Kantor Wali Gereja Indonesia
  JL. Kramat V/10 Jakarta 10430 Indonesia
  Indicate for Peter Aman OFM East Timor Refugees