December 2004:
Equal Health Donates Glasses Lenses |
In December, Equal Health, Western
Australia donated a large quantity of glasses lenses
exceeding A$15,000 in value to the Foundations Sight
Restoration and Blindness Prevention Project. These
have been freighted to Bali and are being distributed
to people in the lower socio-economic group who require
spectacles.
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December 2004:
Low Vision Clinic Workshops |
Ute Shierhorn, a volunteer low vision
specialist from Perth, Australia, has donated the last
year to setting up a Low Vision Clinic in the Rumah
Sakit Indera in Denpasar, where the Foundation's hospital-based
cataract operations are performed. Ute has trained an
assistant, Kadek Armayanti, to take over the running
of the clinic in 2005.
Kadek ran a workshop at the Blind School
in Denpasar in December , giving a 30-minute presentation
about new computer programs for people with low vision,
with a practical demonstration of Zoom Text and JAWS. |
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13-15 December 2004:
Review Visit to Mobile Eye Clinic in South Kalimantan |
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Dr Peter Graham
(Volunteer Consultant Ophthalmologist), Wayan Sukajaya
(Projects Officer) and Penny Lane (Executive Officer)
traveled to Tanjung, South Kalimantan to do an annual
review of the mobile eye clinic project funded by PT
Adaro. Like the Mobile Eye Clinic in Bali, this project
provides cataract operations free of charge to poor
villagers.
Dr Graham was impressed with the quality
of the surgery performed by Dr Nofri, who has been with
the project since its inception in May 2003, and with
the excellent support the project enjoys from the local
health departments and the village health centres.
Dr Nofri, who has performed over 1000
cataract operations on poor people in South Kalimantan,
is due to finish his contract with the project in March
2005. A replacement ophthalmologist will be trained
in Bali early in the new year.
One of the Balinese ophthalmologists being trained in
cataract surgery for the North Bali Mobile Eye Clinic
accompanied the visiting group to see at firsthand the
workings of this very successful mobile clinic project.
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17-18 November 2004:
Cleft Lip and Palate Operations |
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Nine cleft
lip and palate children were operated on 17 and 18 November
in a session with Dr Tim Cooper, volunteer plastic surgeon
from Perth.
The operations were covered by direct
funding contributions from donors, including the Seminyak
Rotary Club in Bali. The operations were used as a training
session for a young Balinese surgeon, Dr Anom, who works
in the Puri Raharja Hospital in Denpasar. Dr Jaya Kesuma
also assisted with the operations. |
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15-19 November 2004:
Fundraising Trip to Perth Rotary Clubs |
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John Fawcett visited Perth to talk to local Rotary Clubs about
the Foundation and its humanitarian work in Bali. With the
generous assistance of Michael Goff and Win Jones, he gave
presentations to nine Clubs.
It is hoped that, from this visit, more funds
will be raised by the Clubs, either through sales of Bali
Eye on Indonesia, or through donations to support the projects.
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November 2004:
Matilda Bay Rotary Club Donates Surgical Instruments |
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The Rotary
Club of Matilda Bay, Western Australia donated to the
Foundation a set of specialized surgical instruments
for children's cleft lip and palate operations.
The instruments were used by Dr Tim Cooper
and his medical team in the operating session on 17-18
November. |
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