1) The document provides progress updates on loaned projects in Hera and Eraulo, Timor-Leste focused on poultry and aquaculture. 2) In Hera, the poultry project has 124 hens, 18 roosters, and 307 chicks, but has faced challenges like disease and wild animal predation. In Eraulo, the fish pond project has over 1,000 tilapia and 50 goldfish but struggles with low water levels and a lack of technical skills. 3) Both groups are working to overcome challenges through measures like isolating sick chickens, negotiating for affordable feed, and gaining training. They request an extension on their

1. PROGRESS UPDATE OF LOANED PROJECT
POULTRY AND AQUACULTURE
HERA AND ERAULO, TIMOR LESTE
PRESENTED BY NETA SANTOS
KDADALAK SULIMUTUK INSTITUTE (KSI)
SURABAYA, NOVEMBER 18, 2011

2.  KSI as a national organization established in
2000, focus to the areas of conflict and social
transformation
 KSI has been organizing and assisting farmers'
groups to work together fight for their rights
and dignity in particular to regain their land
(coffee plantation)
 Livelihoods as an approach to reduce existing
levels of conflict and to improve the quality of
life.

3.  Solidarity fund of the APF is part of a program
of social transformation of KSI.
 Hera has a big potential land.
 Eraulo has a lake where the water flows along
the year and land that is suitable for breed fish
and other fish species.
 Funds realized from the APF to KSI in May
2010

4. THE DETAILS OF LOAN BENEFICIARIES:
T
TIME OF ESTABLISHMENT May 29, 2010 KOHAMOR was transformed
from KUHAK on April 2008
PLACE KHH is located in Halidolar sub KOHAMOR is located in
village, Hera village and Cristo Darudu sub village, Eraulo
Rei District of Dili District village, Letefoho sub
district of Ermera District
CHARACTERISTICS OF Group members consist of youth, Group members consist of
THE GROUP young intellectual and farmers youth, Farmers and
women.
GROUP OBJECTIVE to run a model of collective social  Promoting community
business in order to promote and self help (working
improve the life of members and together)
families  Income generating
 Maximizing productive
local resources (Land,
Labors, water and local
materials)

5. HERA ERAULO
(Poultry) (Fish Pond)
1. There are seven members of 1. There are 8 members of cooperatives,
cooperatives, 2. Of the total loaned $ 5000, they had invested
2. of the total loaned $ 25,000, they around $ 1500 for the construction of the pool and
have invested about US$ 19,950 and
fence.
the balance of US$ 5050
3. As the beginning of November 3. There are 8 fish ponds; there is land that is being
were reported that : used for vegetable production (as a way to
* Hens numbered 124, provide fish feed).
* Roosters numbered 18 4. As the beginning of November were reported
* Chicks numbered 307, that:
* Eggs numbered 420
* Tilapia Fish numbered approximately 1,000
* Were incubated 26 chickens
* are laying 10 more,
* had hatched 22. * as many as 50 more goldfish.
* Weight of Tilapia fish is average 150gr, and
4. Net income from this project has Goldfish average weight of about 300-400gr.
only reached US$ 170.50 (34 5. Until the end of October net income of this project
chickens, age 3 months). has only reached $ 13 (All Tilapia fish with
weight about 150gr).

6. HERA
ERAULO

7. PROBLEMS HOW THEY OVERCOME
1. Chicken pox disease appear on the 1. Isolate and incentive treatment using
lips, eyes and ears of chicks at the age ginger
of 1-2 months. There are about 67 2. Negotiating with the ministry of
chicks had died Tourism, commercial and industry to
2. Stock of drugs in livestock ministries be able to buy rice that has been
is very limited broken
3. Climate changes
4. They have not been able to sell
chickens as it has been written in
their proposal.
5. Wild animals (snake, bird, dog, etc)
always come and catch the chicken
in the night time.

8. Broken rice
Chicken pox disease

9. PROBLEMS HOW THEY OVERCOME
1. Decline water 1. Maximize the ponds that still enough
2. There is not the parent fish to be of water
mated 2. During the day time: using lake water
3. Water is still muddy 3. Night time: Divert water from the
4. Lack of technical skills to do some fish members house
processing and preservation at 4. Continue to maintain a muddy water
present 5. They continue to keep the fish and
check the KG to immediately perform
the marriage

10. Muddy Drained of
water water

11. HERA ERAULO
1. Purchase 200 hens 1. Small construction to raise chicken
2. Purchase corn (2 tons) and green on top of ponds
bean (4 sacks) from MTCI as 2. Purchase roosters (5)and hens (25)
chicken feed for a year 2011-2012. 3. Make fish feeds
3. Access to relevant training 4. Purchase chicken feeds: Corn (20
sacks) Green bean (1 sacks)
5. Repair about 2 fish ponds as
marketing ponds.
6. Access to relevant training

12. Ancelmo (Coordinator of KHH): We are very happy with this
loan because this loan helps us to put into practice our subject
during in University, gathers us to work together in a
cooperative to yield income and for the future we want to
improve our quality of life. This loan as a bridge that facilitate
us to meet each other our brothers and sisters from Japan,
Indonesia, Philippine, etc.
LUCIANO (Coordinator of KOHAMOR): We are very pleased
with this loan because with this loan we can create jobs for
ourselves only in our sub village. Previously, we always go back
Dili just to find a job there but now we only manage work and
close to the family. We are grateful for the APF and hope that
every member of the APF can be successful with their respective
projects.

13.  Provides Bookkeeping training and Breeding
Fish Training
 Prepares a regular format for the monthly
monitoring for KSI and each Group.
 Monitoring and evaluation every month.
 Reports every month to APF about monthly
project progress.
 Networking (Advocacy)
 Annual Reflection

14. 1. If any members of APF or APF partners who
have been doing the same project similar with
them, they really want to do a comparative
study to learn and gain some experiences that
can help them do / improve their project to be
more quality.
2. Looking at those problems being faced by both
of the groups and income are still very small,
they requested the consideration of the APF
again in order to extend the time for payment
of the first period.

15. Eraulo Fish