Inten chips in for housing project

Inten chips in for housing project

DILI, East Timor: The minister of social services, Inten
Soeweno, has donated Rp 750 million (US$312,500) to a project to
build houses for the poor in Comoro village, West Dili district,
Antara said.

The head of East Timor Social Services Department, Rela Bakti
Karokaro, told Antara Wednesday that the donation was in response
to a request by priest Manuel Fraille.

Manuel, Comoro's long-time spiritual leader, felt that many of
his flock were poor people working on farms owned by Portuguese
descendants, Rela said. They live in houses built on hill slopes
which were prone to flood during the rainy season, according to
the priest. (10)