Go to:    Sildonia Gutteres, 20, is a student at the University of Dili, studying to be a teacher. "Independence is a time to celebrate, but afterwards we must be prepared to build our country. We need to make sure our children have a better life. Before 1999 we had very few schools and books anyway, but all of them were destroyed. As long as we keep making our lives better I think we will have a peaceful future. We need to work together, but after all the violence there are some people I can’t forgive. My uncle and his son were both killed by the militia. There has to be justice for the dead."