Fonte sira: RAEBIA, David Webster, CAVR

Aldeia Fadabloko uluk sai sentru importante ida ba rezisténsia hasoru invazaun Indonéziu iha tinan 1970-an. Momentu ne’ebá operasaun militár sira rezulta períodu hamlaha naruk. Funu no hamlaha provoka ema na’in rihun atus ida resin mate iha nasaun ida ne’ebé antes ne’e iha populasaun ema na’in 680.000 de’it.

Tuir Komisaun ba Akollimentu, Verdade no Rekonsiliasaun (CAVR), pelumenus ema na’in 84.200 mate hanesan konsekuénsia husi hamlaha iha tinan dahuluk okupasaun Indonézia nian. Husi tinan 1975 to’o 1978, aldeia Fadabloko, Remexio, mak lokaliza iha sentru zona hamlaha nian. Hamlaha ne’e akontese hanesan konsekuénsia diretu husi bombardeamentu sira, destruisaun to’os no dezlokasaun obrigatóriu ne’ebé povu sira hasoru. Enkuantu militár Indonéziu sira konsolida sira-nia kontrole iha territóriu tomak, hamlaha sai aat liután tanba militár Indonéziu bandu ema atu halo to’os iha sira-nia rai no autoridade sira la fó hahán ba populasaun lokál. Sira mós la autoriza organizasaun umanitáriu internasionál sira atu fornese hahán ba populasaun ne’ebé hamlaha tebes. Diplomata kanadianu ida ne’ebé halo vizita ba Remexio iha tinan 1978 bolu hahalok ne’e husi autoridade militár hanesan “polítika lakohi fó hahán” Iha loron ida ema entre na’in 10 no 15 mate tanba hamlaha, moras tee-been, tee-ran no TBC iha momentu ne’ebá. Konsekuénsia tempu naruk husi tempu hamlaha ne’e kontinua to’o agora iha dezafiu hahán lokál sira. 

Organizasaun lokál sira hanesan RAEBIA servisu hamutuk ho komunidade sira hodi prezerva koñesimentu kona-ba ai-han “fuik” sira (porezemplu hanesan kumbili no koto ne’ebé moris iha ai-laran) ne’ebé besik atu lakon foin daudauk ne’e. RAEBIA ajuda komunidade sira atu halo dokumentasaun kona-ba ai-horis sira ne’ebé kuda no la kuda, hamoris filafali matenek tradisionál no hasa’e biodiversidade ba ai-horis sira ne’ebé kuda iha to’os.  
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The village of Fadabloko was the centre of Timorese resistance to the Indonesian invasion in the early 1970s. At the time, those military operations led to an enormous famine. War and famine cost more than 100,000 lives in a country that previously had a population of only 680,000. According to the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation a minimum of 84,200 people died as a result of famine during the early years of the occupation. From 1975 to 1978 the village of Fadabloko, Remexio, was at the heart of the famine zone. Famine was the direct result of heavy bombardment, destruction of crops and forcible displacement of the population. As the Indonesian military consolidated their control over the territory, famine grew worse because people were barred from farming in traditional locations and the authorities failed to provide food to the local population, denying requests from international aid organisations to provide food to those who were starving.  One Canadian diplomat, visiting Remexio in 1978, called this a “food denial policy” on the part of the Indonesian army. Some 10 to 15 people died daily from starvation and diarrhea, dysentery and tuberculosis at this time. The long-term effects of that famine linger in today’s local food challenges. Local organisations such as RAEBIA are working with communities to safeguard knowledge of “wild crops” — plants such as yams and beans that grow in forested areas – much of which has been lost in recent years. RAEBIA is assisting the community to catalogue cultivated and uncultivated crops, reviving traditional knowledge and boosting the low biodiversity of many farmed crops.

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