The East Timor Eye Program (ETEP), established July 2001, is a program targeted at delivering eye care services to Timor Leste.

OUR MISSION

To make Timor Leste self-sufficient in the provision of eye care by 2015 and to completely eradicate preventable blindness by 2020.

The ETEP is working to achieve its mission through a combination of service delivery, capacity building and infrastructure development activities. To find out more about the programs and the work we do in East Timor please click here.

You can support the work of the ETEP in a number of different ways. To find out how you can help us continue our work in Timor Leste, simple click on Get Involved.

ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE:

• Performed more than 3,500 eye operations and treatments
• Provided eye consultations to over 33,750 Timorese
• Supported training of Timor Leste’s first ophthalmologist
• Established sub-speciality ophthalmology programs including corneal and retinal surgery
• First corneal transplant surgeries performed successfully in Timor in 2009

 

"Restoring a person's eyesight is one of the most gratifying things a doctor can do and makes an immense difference to the lives of the East Timorese people."
Dr Nitin Verma
Ophthalmologist, ETEP Founder

"On my last trip to Maliana a man was led in by his granddaughter. He had cataracts. After we removed the eye patch (1 day after surgery) he said that this was the first time that he had been able to see for 20 years... He had never seen his granddaughter's face before."
Mr Andrew Maver
Volunteer Optometrist Coordinator, ProVision Optometry Team