One of our favorite activities is catching up with our generous supporters at our various events throughout the year. While COVID19 forced us to rethink how we create fun and informative events for our donors to show their support. Many of you adapted to virtual events for now, while
East Timor Hearts Fund’s volunteers, staff and partners came together online on December 2nd, for our annual Volunteer and Supporter Appreciation event. Hosted by our CEO David Marlow, the Supporter event was a great opportunity for us to thank our community of volunteers and supporters for their commitment over
East Timor Hearts Fund has announced the next steps in its chair transition process with the appointment to the board of chair-elect David Lloyd. Board chair Ingrid Svendsen said David brought significant health and medical research experience to the voluntary role, as former CEO of Jean Hailes for Women’s
We’ve assembled an expert panel to share with you Timor-Leste’s approach to managing COVID-19 during these unprecedented times. Moderated by Sarah Moon, the webinar will be held via Zoom on Thursday, August 27 at 7.30 pm AEST (6.30 pm TLT). With 25 cases and no deaths, Timor-Leste has prevented a
Dear Friends, I am writing to provide information and background to the upcoming recruitment process for the East Timor Hearts Fund (ETHF) Board Chair position. As you are aware, Ingrid Svendsen, co-founder of ETHF, has held this position since the company was incorporated in 2012. Ingrid has overseen the
In March 2020, three courageous women left their country to have life-saving heart surgery. This would not have been possible without the compassionate response from our supporters. Our neighbours in Timor-Leste urgently need us to prepare to help save more young people from disability and premature death due to
A great friend of East Timor Hearts Fund, Dr Dan Murphy has passed away. Dr Dan was a leading advocate for and provider of free healthcare in Timor-Leste. He was the founder and beating heart of the very busy and important Bairo Pite Clinic, which is an essential free
What does COVID-19 mean for us? As I write this, I’m relieved to advise that Timor-Leste has only one confirmed case of COVID-19 at this stage. Our focus is always on the health and well-being of our patients, supporters, volunteers and staff. To this end, due to the COVID-19
Our patient Anina will be heading back to Timor-Leste this week, looking forward to celebrating her 28th birthday next month with her new healthy heart. Our volunteer medicos Dr Simon Eggleton and Dr Virag Kushwaha have declared Anina’s mitral balloon procedure a complete success, and say she can look
Our patent Ana has been taking in the sights of Melbourne ahead of her heart surgery. Ana and health support worker/interpreter Merci have had a trip to the beach, visited some of Melbourne's famous street art laneways, and caught up with Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the former first lady of
