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The demand for eye care services in Timor is not only greatly needed in the East, but also in the West, particularly on the island of Sumba. Dr Mark Ellis, ETEP’s team leader to Maliana, is a strong ambassador for the ETEP’s partner … Continue reading
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In the first week of August, Dr Ross Littlewood, Dr Phil House, Cheryl Doran, Elise Crofts, John Kingshott and Jan Lovie-Kitchin made their way to Maubisse, a small town 1400m above sea level. This small town is located in the mountains, … Continue reading
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In July the National Eye Centre in Dili opened and we have become ever closer towards making Timor Leste self sufficient in eye care services by 2015 and eradicating preventable blindness by 2020. On 28 July 2011, Timor Leste’s President … Continue reading
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Following June’s successful eye visit to Baucau, the Oecussi eye team followed to perform an outstanding 288 consultations and 69 operations. Oecussi is a coastal Timorese territory whose geographical boundaries lie outside of Timor Leste in West Timor, Indonesia. This … Continue reading
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Following on from the program’s support for the Teacher Brailler Training in June, Yohana Meluk from Fuan Nabilian facilitated vocational training for the blind children and teenagers from Fuan Nabilan in early July in Kupang, Indonesia. With this training, Yohana … Continue reading
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On Saturday 25th June, Dr John Kearney, Nurse Barbara Anderson, Nurse Jennifer Neilsen, Optometrist Peter Bell and Optometrist Andrew Maver arrived into Timor Leste, eager to visit a town they hold so dearly, Baucau. Baucau sits on the northern coast … Continue reading
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In April, the ETEP welcomed Dr Andreas Kreis as its new long term ophthalmologist. Already familiar with Timor Leste and experienced in working in challenging environments, he hit the ground running, working beside Dr Marcelino Correia, on further improving the … Continue reading
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In late July, the Program supported Yohana Meluk from Fuan Nabilan to conduct braille training for school teachers in Same. The training aimed to develop early public school teachers’ ability to teach visually impaired children and answer the demands for more … Continue reading
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Meet Lazaro Da Costa De Conceicao and Nuno Da Costa De Jesus, two eye care nurses from Oecussi and Baucau, who were selected to come to Australia for an intensive eye care nurse skills training program in Melbourne and Hobart. For two weeks, … Continue reading
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Sadly, there still remains many Timorese people whose sight cannot be surgically restored. As another arm of the ETEP, with support of the Australian Blindness Initiative, the program is extending its services to include mobility and disability training in order to empower visually … Continue reading
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