About Empreza Di’ak
Empreza Di’ak (meaning Good Business) is an award winning Timorese foundation.
Who is ED
Empreza Di’ak (meaning Good Business) is an award winning Timorese foundation fighting poverty in Timor-Leste through economic empowerment, using the power of business. For more information visit our website and follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
Our mission is to economically empower the women and men living in poverty in Timor-Leste by creating new livelihood opportunities, providing innovative training and starting small businesses to build better futures.
Empreza Diak started as a dream of two and is now a journey of thousands. ED was formed in 2011 by a group of innovative and forward thinking Timorese and international individuals, having become the leading local organization working on economic empowerment and livelihoods development.
Empreza Di’aks Work
Empreza Di’ak empowers people one life at a time in Timor-Leste -a Small Island Developing State, where 70% of the population lives in rural areas, outside the market economy. 40% of the population survives on less than US$1 per day. 90% of consumed goods are imported. There is a vicious cycle of poverty and inequality preventing rural impoverished communities to benefit from the country’s development.
Are four main areas of action:
Women Economic Empowerment
Training
and Outreach
Micro-businesses set-up and management
Turning traditions into livelihoods
ED’s innovative approach – researching, testing and implementing market based, sustainable opportunities to break the cycle of poverty of rural communities living outside the market economy – was recognized by the President of Timor-Leste with the award of the prestigious “Sergio Vieira de Mello Human Rights Award” in 2014.
Working together, commitment, quality and respect – these are our core values. That is what fuels our work.
Empreza Di’ak’s
Trainining Materials
ED has generously decided to share at no cost with all artisans and civil society its great training materials developed in the last 10 years! This way, ED wants to keep support cultural entrepreneurship and empower women in vulnerable communities!