Ba Futuru / For the Future

This project will support & encourage women to expand their livelihoods by supporting entrepreneurship. Women to participate more fully as effective decision-makers in their families. Women will also be empowered to protect & support their children through positive discipline & child protection workshops & by becoming more economically independent. This project will take place in Covalima & Ermera municipalities, and will engage with mothers who are among the most marginalized in the country.

Ba Futuru is a leading not-for-profit organization that uses innovative approaches to inspire young learners, protect children, empower women and reduce violence in post-conflict Timor-Leste. Ba Futuru's vision is a Timor-Leste free of violence, where all citizens, especially women, children and young people, can engage meaningfully in the country's development in a peaceful, positive and productive way.