Telling the Story of Hope in Timor-Leste
Casa de Produção Audiovisual (CPA) is the only non-profit production house in Timor-Leste that regularly produces multimedia products in Tetun. Its director Amelia Hapsari provides an update.
Each morning, the staff of CPA gather in a circle to pray. They are writers, cameramen, editors and animators who have been trained in CPA since the dawn of the young country. The task on their shoulders is both heavy and humble. They share hope through storytelling.
On April 17, 2011, the Lahu community at Chaka in northern Thailand watched in horror as five of the seven houses in their village as well as the rice barns burned to the ground. It was a devastating loss for the 450 villagers, most of whom are farmers engaged in rotation farming of hill rice. Some tend to their cattle while some of the young engage in the seasonal picking of lychee and longgan in the orchards in Chiangmai.