Community Policing Council Mediates Water Conflicts

Through a USAID-funded community policing council initiative, residents of Becora (in the capital, Dili) participated in workshop to discuss water distribution problems that were causing violence in the area. It was the community's first-ever opportunity to meet officials from the Department of Sanitation and Water. The meeting resulted in the resolution of some of the problems and opened communications links among residents, the police and relevant government officials.

(May 6, 2010)