Oxfam in Timor-Leste (East Timor)

Under our new country strategy, Oxfam in Timor-Leste continue promoting sustainable change to policies, practices, and social norms by integrating our influencing approach into collaboration with government stakeholders, partners, development agencies, media and strategic allies and communities as central to our influencing and advocacy work.

We use an innovative combination of approaches, starting with Savings for Change (ROMANSA) groups and Gender Action Learning System (GALS) to support women, including women with disability, to plan livelihoods and develop small enterprises and sustainable agriculture income-generating activities, while supporting change in unequal gender norms and practices. We collaborate with women’s and persons with disability organisations to lead project implementation and create change in their communities. 

We work with Rede ba Rai (Land Network) and its members, including women’s rights organisations, to strengthen women’s land rights and land access. We work to increase recognition and women’s voice and knowledge on land rights; influence laws, policies, and programs so they uphold women’s land rights; strengthen civil society organisations, including women’s organisations, so they are better able to support women’s land rights.

We work with local partners and disability organizations as well as promotor groups consists of  7 people with different types of disabilities by strengthening their role to analyse and influence the Government state budget and its implementation to meet Disability Right Based budgeting based on the National Disability Action Plan for persons with Disabilities in Timor-Leste 

We work with our partners, Civil Society Organizations to monitor the implementation of Climate Finance Projects in Timor-Leste by ensuring that the Climate Funding are transparent and accountable as well as the implementation process will be open for community to participate from the design to execution process. This is to make sure that people who are vulnerable to climate crisis such as Women and Persons with Disability will be more resilient and reduce any negative impact from the climate finance projects. 

We are working with our partners from local organizations as well as Persons with Disabilities organizations to support the community and Sucu Disaster Management Committee by having suku disaster preparedness and response plans to tackle challenges such as flooding, drought, or landslides. When Disasters occur, we will ensure vulnerable communities receive timely, appropriate, and quality humanitarian assistance.

We work with community and farmers creating local and global environmental, social, and economic change. It supports smallholder communities to grow and manage forest trees on their land, which capture carbon from the atmosphere. This Carbon is then sold through carbon credits across international carbon markets, putting an earned dollar in a farmer’s pocket and empowering them to decide their own future.