The ETEP could not continue its work without the invaluable support of its generous donors. Each donation directly goes towards procuring the medical supplies required to carry out hundreds of cataract operations. Each cataract removal not only changes the life of a vision impaired person, but it also provides additional on the job training for Timor’s next generation of eye doctors and nurses.
Make the unforgettable impact on someone’s life. Every $100 donated allows a grandparent to see their grand children for first time, a child to be able to read and go to school, a farmer to tend to his land, a mother to tend to her children.
Your impact can be huge. Make your choice.
Donate via Post
- Download and complete the Donation Form
- Pay by credit card or cheque. If paying by cheque, please make it out to “The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons”
- Post the form to:
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
East Timor Eye Program
250 – 290 Spring Street, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3002 - A donation receipt will be sent out to you shortly afterwards for your tax records
Donate via Email or Fax
- Download and complete the Donation Form
- Sign the form and email a scanned copy to international.projects@surgeons.org or fax it to (03) 9249 1236
- A donation receipt will be sent out to you shortly afterwards for your tax records
Donate via Phone
- Have your credit card ready
- Call our friendly staff at The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons on 03 9276 7436 during business hours any time
- A donation receipt will be sent out to you shortly afterwards for your tax records
Purchase a copy of Twenty Minute Miracles
Purchase a copy of “Twenty Minute Miracles,” a stunning photo book compiled by Ellen Whinnett, a Walkely award-winning journalist and featuring a foreword from Dr Jose Ramos-Horta, President of Timor-Leste. All proceeds from this book are donated to the Program. Over 155 pages, the book depicts the work of the ETEP over 2000 – 2008 through beautiful colour photographs (many of which feature on this website), words of our volunteers and reporters and touching and personal success stories.
Each year eye teams travel to East Timor to distribute spectacles, perform consultations and conduct cataract removal and other surgeries. Six specialist visits are made each year and between 600 and 800 patients are treated on each visit. Up to 100 of these patients receive sight-restoring surgery – the so-called twenty minute miracles.
For only $65 (inclusive of postage and handling), you can own your copy today.
- Complete your contact and credit details on the form
- Email a scanned copy to international.projects@surgeons.org or post it to:
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
East Timor Eye Program
250 – 290 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC 3002 - If you would like to place an order over the phone, please have your credit card details ready and call our friendly team on 03 9276 7436
