Morning Briefing

In this post in USAID's "IMPACTblog," Carlos dos Reis, foreign service national environmental health officer for Timor-Leste, reports on a trip to the country's remote district of Oecusse with U.S. Ambassador Judith Fergin and USAID/Timor-Leste Mission Director Rick Scott to "inaugurate the new clean water supply system built with the support of USAID." He writes, "Having the chance to see the completed water supply system and witness the benefits that people get from having access to clean water, I'm beginning to believe that a seemingly impossible thing can become possible when people work together," and adds, "I believe that the cooperation between USAID and Oecusse District SAS has really improved the lives of many residents in [the town of] Bobometo by giving them access to clean water and improved sanitation and hygiene" (2/13).