1. DIPECHO Project in Timor Leste
Filomeno… and Narciso Brites
National .. Disaster Management Team…
Cruz Vermelha Timor Leste

2. How the initiative started…
 From Thematic seminar February, 2013
 We selected 3 districts to implement Youth
empowerment: Aileu , Manatutu and Oe-cusse
Districts
 Districts were elected by staff during a ‘vote’.
 Aileu has been Piloting youth empowerment during
10 months, since February -in Asubilitoho village
Aileu District
 Plan to extend pilot first to Manatuto and Oe-cusse,
then to other districts

3. CVTL organized and implemented Dipecho
programs
Branch
staff
NHQ
Branch
staff
Volunteers
Community

4. The people involved in these activities
DRR education for children
Youth empowerment
 DM staff and Health staff DM staff and Health
 Branch volunteers
staff
 Community volunteers
Branch volunteer
Community volunteers
 Teachers and
 School children
CVTL Youth volunteers
in villages

5. How to convince our selected schools
to be involved ?
 From VCA/ KAP ...
… We understand the type of disaster and impacts that
are important to the school
School calender
… we try to schedule activities so it is easy for the
school to participate.

6. DRR education for children,
activities, 2012- 2013
 ICE poster distribution
 Plant trees
 Simulation
 Clean up
 Health promotion
 Game pad, quiz and
competition
 Make waste and management
 DRR basic information
(earthquake, flooding,
Tsunami, erosion)

7. The objective of our youth
activities
Empowering youth volunteers to contribute to
community resilience in their village and
district.
 To empower youth to disseminate
information from the iCBRR programs to other
students and youth in their local communities.

8. The Youth structure in Asubilitoho village
Youth
Coordinator
Vice
Section sport
28 people,

9. Youth pilot in Aileu district, activities
 DRR training
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Peer educator on DRR and Health
Planting trees to protect environment
Healthy youth training
First aid training
Peer educator training on HIV/ AIDS
No smoking campaign
Health and DRR Theater
Quiz and competition
Establish sport team
Provide sport equipment
Technical agriculture Training

11. The progress activities from youth
 DRR training
 Peer educator on DRR
and Health
 Youth Healthy training
 First Aid training
 Establish sport teem
 Support equipment
(Ball, net and uniform)
 Create friendship sport
 Technical agriculture

13. Munnas Gracías