Image Gallery 2009
09 November 2009
Ossu Huna Health Clinic
As the security situation in East Timor improves, Australian and New Zealand soldiers are working on projects that will deliver improved living conditions to the people of East Timor.
Recent projects have included the refurbishment of an important medical health facility in a regional area and the renovation of a damaged school.
The reconstruction of the Ossu Huna Health Clinic was a particularly important for this impoverished area of the country. The project was undertaken by East Timorese Defence Force engineers working with their Australian and New Zealand counterparts from the International Stabilisation Force, and engineers from the United States Navy Seabees.
ISF troops have also recently completed work on a refurbishment of classrooms at the Ep Mota Kiik School near Dili. When the soldiers arrived at the school there were no windows or doors, ceilings were in a state of near collapse and goats were sleeping in the classrooms. Now the rooms have shuttered windows to protect students from the weather and the classrooms have desks and blackboards.
The soldiers have approached their work with enthusiasm, knowing that their end result will make a tangible contribution to the future of local children who will have a better learning environment.
| 20091008adf8114832_157 Brigadier Bill Sowry conducts a walk through of the Ossu Huna Health Clinic, with the International Stabilisation Force, East Timor Defence Force and the United States Navy Seabees hard at work refurbishing the building. (Date taken: 08 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091008adf8114832_181 East Timor Defence Force (F-FDTL) engineers work on the Ossu Huna health clinic with assistance from the International Stabilisation Force and the United States Navy Seabees. (Date taken: 08 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091008adf8114832_189 Brigadier Bill Sowry, the Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, speaks with the Secreatary of State for Defence, Julio Tomas Pinto, about the progress the ISF, Timor Defence Force (F-FDTL) and the United States Navy Seabees are making on the Ossu Huna Health Clinic in East Timor. (Date taken: 08 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091022adf8114832_084 The Vice Minister of Health, Madalena Hajam Soares, hands over the keys to the District Administrator of Ossu Huna. (Date taken: 22 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091022adf8114832_167 The newly renevated health clinic in Ossu Huna. (Date taken: 22 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091022adf8114832_179 East Timor Defence Force Chief of Staff, Colonel Lere Anan Timur makes an address to the people of Ossu Huna after the official hand over the Ossu Huna Health Clinic, which his soldiers with the support of the International Stabilisation Force and the United States Navy Seabees had refurbished. (Date taken: 22 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091022adf8114832_204 Mrs Madalena Hajam Soares, the Vice Minister of Health in East Timor, makes her opening address at the Ossu Huna Health Clinic opening in Ossu Huna, East Timor. (Date taken: 22 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091022adf8114832_265 Brigadier Bill Sowry, the outgoing Commander of the International Stabilsation Force (ISF), and Commodore Stuart Mayer, the incoming ISF Commander, with Major Dan Gosling walk past the Ossu Huna Health Clinic after the offical hand over of the clinic to the District Administrator of Ossu Huna. (Date taken: 22 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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