Outcomes: 3,632 people with eye problems screened, 2,371 issued with glasses, 1,413 treated for eye infections, and 75 underwent cataract operations to restore their sight.
Twenty-nine people were fitted with custom-made prosthetic eyes – 19 females and 10 males.
The JFFA Board held its quarterly meeting in Bali in August; Board members also attended a village eye program and held strategic discussions with the Bali team.
The annual blessing ceremony at the Foundation was held in the first week of July. All staff gathered together to pray and wish everyone the best for their health and the success of all JFF’s programs into the future.
Two eye programs in East Java and one in Labuan Bajo, Flores, were held in May and June, during which total of 704 sight restoration operations were performed.
During May and June our team conducted 13 village eye programs, 8 eye clinics and 7 operating sessions at Headquarters, resulting in 92 blind people being restored to sight.
Thank you to the following donors who supported these programs: Direct Aid Program of the Australian Consulate-General Bali, Captain James Cook Foundation, Haidar Al Maliki, Pieter Hoedemaker, David…
Twenty-six people were fitted with custom-made prosthetic eyes in May and June – 13 females and 13 males. Ages ranged from 10 to 75, with the majority receiving their first artificial eye. Four of the patients were from Bali, while 22 received their artificial eyes during JFF’s offshore eye programs.
The Annual General Meeting of JFFA, held on 10 May in Perth, was well attended by our supporters. Board changes
Professor Bill Morgan accepted the position of Chair after David Miller stood down for family reasons. Dean Bowker and Richard Elsey stood down, David Miller accepted the role of Secretary, and four new Board members were…
In March, JFF’s ophthalmology consultants, Professor Bill Morgan and Dr Jean-Louis DeSousa, attended the Bali International Ophthalmology Symposium. Professor Morgan talked on ‘Choosing Appropriate Glaucoma Surgery’ and ‘Using Machines to Make Decisions in Glaucoma’, and Dr Jean-Louis delivered a talk on ‘Updates in Transconjunctival Blepharoplasty’.
In March, three of JFF’s senior nurses gave a seminar in collaboration with the Banyuwangi Red Cross and the Health Department of Banyuwangi on ‘Management of cataracts in community practice and the use of diagnostic equipment and post-operative examination of cataract patients’.
JFF held a dedicated Eye Clinic and operating session at Headquarters for females in recognition of International Women’s Day. Six women blind with cataracts were operated to restore their sight.
Our team flew to Bajawa on the island of Flores in April to conduct an eye screening and operating program. Outcomes: 520 adults with eye problems were checked, and 120 received sight-restoring operations.
Our thanks to donors, Tom Miller and the Flores Village Group, who supported this program.
During March and April our team conducted 18 village eye programs, 19 eye clinics and 9 operating sessions at Headquarters, resulting in 124 blind people being restored to sight.
Thank you to the following donors who supported these programs: Robert Rosen Photography Exhibition, Rotary Club of Seymour, Stephen & Heather Williams, Eagleton Family Trust, Conor, Jacki &…
Seven people received a prosthetic eye in March and April - 2 males and 5 females - all custom-made by JFF’s ocularist.
Over this two-month period the team conducted an offshore screening and operating program in East Java, continued with village eye programs in Bali, as well as the regular eye clinics and operating sessions at Headquarters.
Three children who were blind with cataracts underwent cataract surgery, and we appointed a new refractionist/optometrist.
We also welcomed two ophthalmic nurses…
Three children, aged from 2-6 years old, underwent cataract surgery at the Puri Raharja Hospital in Denpasar in February. All were identified as cataract blind during a village eye screening in North Bali.
In late January we welcomed a new staff member - refractionist/optometrist, Made Nandita Dwiyani (Dita)Â to work with our team.
As a newly-graduated refractionist, Dita is very keen to work with JFF, not only to gain experience but also to be able to travel to isolated and remote villages, and to be able to assist those in…
In February two senior nurses from the Lions Eye Institute in Perth, Ms Maureen Gilpin, Head of LEI Theatre, and Ms Johanna Du Plooy, Head of Infection Control.
The two nurses spent three days with our team, overseeing the preparation, clinical and surgical sessions. From their observations, they will provide a report on how we can…