Location: INDONESIA

The PROJECT SITE is about 15k via road from Tobelo.
TOBELO is about two hours drive to the north of Kau.
KAU is within about 30 minutes of the Mine of Gosowong.
GOSOWONG is about one hour by air from the city of MANADO.

Client: Yayasan Berkati Indonesia

Peter Scarborough accountant and his wife Esther, an Australian registered nurse, first visited this region of Indonesia in 2000. The needs they met were huge. They moved from Sulawesi to Halmahera about three years ago. They have five children and foster another four. All are with them apart from one son who is in Melbourne.

The medical arm of the organisation is largely supported by International Friends of Compassion USA and by CNEC Partners International (Australia).

"Yayasan Berkati Indonesia“ (Bless Indonesia Today) is an Indonesian organisation that grew in response to humanitarian needs in Eastern Indonesia and also works in places such as Aceh and in Yogyakarta in response to natural disasters there. They hold Christian values and beliefs but do not discriminate between Muslims and Christians in their service.

The Scarborough’s focus on medical services for the poor across the Island.

NEEDS:

Medicines
Cataract operations
Staff support (wages, food etc)
Staff training (eg Emon & Rudy)
Staff accommodation (buildings)
Clinic carpark (now complete)
Patient Ward (under construction)
Tuberculosis village building fund (not started)
TB ministry funds
Leprosy ministry funds
Education fund - university fees
Patient surgery fees
Leprosy village building fund (not started)
Children's home building fund
Children's home operating costs
Clean water ministry funds (currently building bio sand filters)
General ministry funds (transport, admin, other medical & water ministry costs etc)
General building funds
Car Replacement fund
Glasses fund
Education fund - school children
Farming fund (fruit trees, farmhand wages, pigs, cows, goats, fencing, farmbuildings etc etc)