In Reply to: Janoo, read your original statement posted by bloodyron on Thursday, 30. October 2008 at 18:04 Bali Time:
if my post was misinterpreted then apologies...the JF Foundation is an excellent NGO and provides a model that is looking promising delivering aid i.e. a partnership with local government and local NGOs. One of the issues that you would be aware of is the dodgy fee practices of health care in Indonesia and it is hoped that through such partnerships that this can be minimised for especially the poor. JF support includes getting poor folk for treatment. They do a fabulous job and provide most things that stop these people from accessing medical care including support of folk from many other areas of Indonesia.
The following describes the setup of the clinic on internet:
"The Australia Bali Memorial Eye Centre is an eye clinic and day surgery centre in Indonesia. It opened on October 1, 2007.
The construction of the Centre was part of the Australian Government's Bali Recovery Package after the 2002 Bali bombings, and was achieved after a submission to the Australian Government from The John Fawcett Foundation. The $7 million project was commissioned by AusAID, with a design team which included experts from Australia and Indonesia. The Centre is owned and managed by the Bali Provincial Department of Health and operated in partnership with the John Fawcett Foundation and its Indonesian arm, the Yayasan Kemanusiaan Indonesia."