» More information

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

ETEP has already provided initial interim eye care for East Timor and is now working with the East Timorese Local Health Authorities to build a comprehensive and sustainable eye care system for the future.

ETEP's goal is to make Timor Leste self-sufficient in the provision of eye care by 2015 - and to completely eradicate preventable blindness by 2020.

RESULTS TO DATE:

•   3,300 Operations

• 33,000 Consultations

• 28,000 Spectacles

• 1 East Timorese Ophthalmologist

Photo:  Dr Bill Glasson; holding a cataract.

"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."

Andrew Maver
Volunteer Optometrist Coordinator
ProVision Optometry Team

 
  » More information