Raeoa, September 10, 2025

FALINTIL - The Timor-Leste Defense Forces (F-FDTL), together with the Ministry of Defense, met with the President of RAEOA, Mr. Regio da Cruz Salu, after distributing basic necessities to priests, including children from the Topu Honis Kutete Mahata Orphanage. At the same location, the Representative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Valerio Valente, as well as the Chief of the Department of Civil Military Cooperation (CIMIC), said: "Since the Indonesian invasion, the F-FDTL, our heroes and veterans, founded FALINTIL, and their motto is 'Fish and People.' FALINTIL. This is the celebration of the 50th anniversary of FALINTIL's existence. The F-FDTL comes here to connect with our children, because they are responsible for moving the country forward. Because this is our goal. The F-FDTL must connect with our children, because they are responsible for moving the country forward.

Currently, our children live in Ofornatu Topu Honis, so they feel that they are not alone, but rather united with the F-FDTL. The support we offer today is provided through basic food supplies and how to use these supplies for their daily needs. Food received directly from Ms. Imelda Liliana Tarung of the Topu Honis Orphanage, located in Bairu, Mahata, Kutete District, Pante Makasar Administrative Post, Oecusse Ambeno Special Administrative Region.

Meanwhile, the Director of the Topu Honis Orphanage, Ms. Imelda Liliana Tarung, said: "I feel happy, sad, and surprised because finally the Topu Honis Orphanage is not alone. We feel happy, but also a mixture of sadness, because we at the Kutete Mahata Orphanage are not alone, but we have received a visit from the F-FDTL, which makes us very happy. We need help, not just for ourselves, and we ask that this support not be the beginning and end for us, but that this support may continue. We thank the F-FDTL Command for sending a team to visit us and help us with food," she said.

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Nhoy Borges