http://www.cafod.org.uk/about-us/where-we-work/east-timor latest updates http://www.cafod.org.uk/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/east-timor/images/moruk-watermelon-farmer/910748-1-eng-GB/moruk-watermelon-farmer_small.jpg http://www.cafod.org.uk/about-us/where-we-work/east-timor http://www.cafod.org.uk/news/hope-for-east-timor On August 30, 1999 the people of East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia. A brutal backlash from the departing Indonesian military killed many people, destroyed roads, schools, and hospitals and left three-quarters of the population homeless http://www.cafod.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/farming-and-food/change-of-heart Meet Moruk, who turned his life around from being a black market dealer, to being a proud farmer of watermelons http://www.cafod.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/trade/top-farmer In 1995, Mr M. Dhanapla, a father-of-three from Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, won a presidential award for the best paddy farmer. Now he has to take other jobs to make ends meet http://www.cafod.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/trade/rice-farmers In rural areas of the Philippines, poor rice farmers struggle to make a living, as they are forced to compete with cheap, subsidised imported rice