Timor-Leste's political crisis in 2006 has affected tens of thousands of residents in the capital Dili.

People fled their homes as violence escalated. Most Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) segregated themselves according to regional identities and fled to the mountains, districts to the safest places in Dili such as churches, airport, UN compound, Hospital and left everything behind that was either burnt or looted. Most IDPs lived in a makeshift or plastic tent with poor water, sanitation as well as unreliable access to food and security, health and school for their children for months and years.

As many Timorese whose families were affected during the crisis, it was the worst conflict after independence and was one of the hardest moments in searching for peace and tranquility in the country.

Although many of the IDPs have left the camps that were closed in 2008, many people remain displaced from their former residences until today. These images depict a small part of the displacement during the crisis.

Notes: DISPLACED is my book project of IDPs in Timor-Leste
Some of the images in DISPLACED will be shown at the 2010 international photography Festival FotoFreo, Perth Australia