Aim & Mission
Following the post-referendum violence of 1999, the Ryder-Cheshire Foundation established a home in East Timor called Klibur Domin. This home exists to help relieve the suffering of the people of East Timor who are sick, disabled, or  destitute, without regard to age, race or religion.
Role
Patients who are awaiting or recovering from surgery, and others with conditions including TB and malnutrition are referred from Dili Hospital, the National TB Program, local clinics, and elsewhere, to be cared for at Klibur Domin.  

The Home provides, free:

• Accommodation for fifty patients and residents
• Good nutrition
• Transport to hospital for medical treatment
• Supervised medication
• Exercise programs with trained Rehabilitation Aide
• Health education
• Special accommodation and nursing for Multi-Drug Resistant TB patients
• Support and loving care
• Long term care and social support for people who have a disability and are homeless.
• Early in 2006 a generous bequest enabled two new pilot projects to commence.
• A Mobile TB Clinic to visit outlying areas to conduct diagnostic tests and supervise medication.
• A Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) project to identify children with disabilities living in outlying areas. A mobile outreach team will provide assessment, therapy, equipment, and ongoing support for the children and their families, in their homes and schools.
  
  

These projects are now mainstream programs and also encompass the training of local health volunteers in rural villages.

A message in Tetum

Bem Vindo ba Klibur Domin