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And now for the third of our Indonesian journeys.

Last week's program came from Ache, which is under Sharia Law.

This week we're in the predominantly Christian province of West Timor.

And the main themes here are under development, poverty and hope.

West Timor is an agricultural outpost of Indonesia where people literally starve.

Just as there are seasons for planting and harvesting,

there's a season here called Musim Kalaparan.

Musim Kalaparan is what we call the starving season.

The area that usually have the starving season is in TTS, in Soy,

and also in Maw Island. Musim Kalaparan.

The climate here is changing.

The longed-fall rainy season gets shorter or doesn't appear at all.

Water is scarce.

60% of children under five suffer chronic malnutrition.

I'm Anita Barrow.

And in the third part of this ABC BBC co-production,

I'm going to travel across the parched fields of West Timor.

Past the rural Christian churches where 90% of Timor is worship

and whose hymns sing out through their open doors.

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