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Angelina de Jesus is one of many people in East Timor being helped by Oxfam.

Voices from East Timor

• Rice revolution: innovative growing techniques bring a bumper crop
  Alvaro and his wife Pascoela live in the village of Beco in Suai town, Covalima district. Since joining a farming co-operative supported by Oxfam, they are using innovative growing techniques to improve their crop and their family income.
  
• Lorensa's story: feeding the family
  Thanks to generous Oxfam Unwrapped supporters, Lorensa da Costa has a thriving community garden and can now feed her family.
  
• Meet rice famers Calisto and Francisca
  Calisto and Francisca are subsistence farmers from Haburas-Sare, a small rural village in Liquica District, East Timor. They have seven children and two grandchildren to feed, yet last year they earned less than NZ$900. Now, with Oxfam's support, things are looking up.
  
• Meet coffee farmers Domingas and Laurindo
  Domingas de Silva and her husband Laurindo are coffee farmers in a small community in Maubaralisa, Liquica District. With the support of Oxfam and MCE-A, they are learning new techniques for maintaining their coffee crop. A new processing machine means they will increase the income they receive from the crop, allowing them to repair their home and improve the water supply.
  
• Meet Angelina de Jesus
  Angelina de Jesus is the founder and chairperson of Bolalilin Women’s Cooperative in East Timor. Set up in July 2010, the cooperative aims to help women earn more money from their small plots of land and supplement their family’s income.