Travel to Timor-Leste

FPCD announces Executive Director will Travel to Timor-Leste.

From 21 - 30 August. FPCD Executive Director, Claudia Abate, will be in
Timor-Leste to assess the post crisis situation. Due to the recent civil
strife in the country, a massive humanitarian emergency has arisen,
creating internal refugees living in tents in the capital city of Dili. To
help alleviate some of the suffering, the Executive Director will present a
donation from the FPCD to President Gusmao, founder and patron of Fundacao
Xanana Gusmao.

The Executive Director will also be formalizing a relationship with Grafica
Patria, a local printing press, where all of FPCD's printing supplies will
be made. This will allow the FPCD to fulfill its mission of generating
meaningful employment. While the impact is at first glance small, the FPCD
hopes to inspire other organizations to consider have their printing needs
met in Timor-Leste or other post conflict countries.

Further to the above mentioned capacity, FPCD executive Director is also the
Project Coordinator for the Monaco Red Cross Maternity Clinic in Same
District, Timor-Leste. Ms Abate will be visiting the Clinic to check on the
status of construction in preparation for the opening later this year. Also
in this regard, the Executive Director will be meeting with the Minister
and Vice Minister of Health and local mid-wives and woman who will benefit
from the Maternity Clinic.

In Timor-Leste, the Executive Director will be meeting President Xanana
Gusmao, Prime Minister Jose Ramos Horta and new Foreign Minister, Jose
Luis Guterres. Ms Abate will be "blogging" about her activities in
Timor-Leste whereby supporters are invited back to the website to follow
her journey.