The Wire

Security in East Timor is still not assured, even after the deployment of more than twelve hundred Australian troops to its capital. Military personel initially quelled violence but as they are in a non-combat role, they remain helpless to stop looting which has continued this week. East Timor, a former Portuguese colony, is over 90 per cent Catholic and the most prominent NGO operating amid the recent unrest is Caritas Australia, the Catholic Agency for International Aid and Development. Jay Maheswaran works for Caritas in East Timor and told The Wire what East Timor needs to move on.

Caritas Australia