Author Archives: Jill Hillary

Why we must rehabilitate malnourished children. Just like the rest of the body the brain is made up of cells.  When a baby is born it has about a 100 billion cells. But only 25% of the brain is connected … Continue reading →

Director of HIAM-Health Rosaria Martins da Cruz’s 35 Birthday

Back to a comment I made on the 2nd of March about the ‘Tour de Timor ‘ guys donating a playground for HIAM… well our playground  arrived at the port from Singapore  today but alas we do not have enough … Continue reading →

When I was in Perth in January, I was introduced to Kelvin Hutcheson at a wine and cheese evening held by the Friends of HIAM.  When I was home again in April he contacted me offering some ideas about support.  … Continue reading →

I arrived back in Dili today.  Things appear to be slowly coming together for Rosaria and Gabi.  Before I left we promoted one of our long term staff to nurse co-coordinator and she has shadowed Gabi and is now developing … Continue reading →

I am returning to Dili through Bali this time.  I have been told that there are permaculture training organisations in Bali who may be interested to come to Timor to teach.  Yes there are but one was too busy to … Continue reading →

Great to be home with the family.  My two dogs were straight back to mum’s room at night to sleep.  I hope to learn how to operate MYOB (an accounting software package) while I’m home and also design a database … Continue reading →

March 30: Many of the infants and children in the Centre have tuberculosis, so they are a lot more clingy to Mum.  Therefore the ‘Home Kitchen Garden’, program is not being implemented fully at this point.  It is very difficult … Continue reading →

March 20: We now have 8 families in the Centre.  It’s really hard going.  A lot more difficult than I had first anticipated.  The HIAM staff are not functioning as well as I had hoped.  Rosaria, Gabi and I are … Continue reading →

14 March: First patient & family arriving 9am this morning. Little fella being encouraged to eat He is over 2 years old, with a weight of 7.6 kilos, which is moderate bordering on severe malnutrition. His father is a policeman … Continue reading →