AFAP is an independent member of the Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International  (FSPI) network whose affiliates have been working in the Pacific since 1965. This network is the  oldest, largest, and most experienced secular NGO network in the Pacific.

AusAID is an administratively autonomous agency within the Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio. It is responsible for the management of the official Australian Government overseas aid program.

Community Aid abroad has had a long relationship with East Timor and has actively represented the cause in the International arena. This organisation helps poor communities with micro business initiatives and self help.

The U.S Agency for International Development is the U.S. federal government agency that implements America's foreign economic and humanitarian assistance programs. USAID's history goes back to the Marshall Plan reconstruction of Europe after World War Two and the Truman Administration's Point Four Program. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed the Foreign Assistance Act into law and created by executive order USAID.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is working throughout the island of Timor. It has offices in Dili and Baucau in the East, and in Kupang and Atambua in the West. As a neutral and impartial organization, it endeavours to provide humanitarian assistance for all victims of the turmoil in Timor, wherever they may be.

On 30 August 1999, the people of East Timor voted by means of a direct, secret and universal ballot to begin a process leading towards independence. UNTAET was established to administer the territory and exercise legislative and executive authority during the transition period. UNTAET consults and works in close cooperation with the East Timorese people

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society.

As an intergovernmental body, IOM acts with its partners in the international community to:

• Assist in meeting the operational challenges of migration;
• Advance understanding of migration issues;
• Encourage social and economic development through migration;
• Uphold the human dignity and well-being of migrants.

Helping the world's refugees is the job of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which was created by the U.N. General Assembly and began work in 1951

Project Timor was established by a group of retired and working business men and women in Perth, Western Australia as a registered non-profit organisation with the specific aim of assisting in the building and reconstruction of partially and totally destroyed homes, business premises and other buildings in East Timor.

"Bele Halo" - Can do! ( literally Can Make /Create ). The aim of the project is very simple, and that is to help institute an efficient base economy where the cost of living is below the wage levels of East Timor's geographic neighbours. This will in turn be aiding the arrival of foreign capital and ensure the continuity of East Timorese lifestyles.

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