Medical Supplies

Medical supplies and equipment for midwives, health posts and clinics are an integral part of our work. Often small things we mostly take for granted are important. Reading glasses mean restored eyesight for the elderly. Toothbrushes help school children learn to maintain proper dental health. Antibiotics prevent post-natal infection. Simple bandages treat wounds.

Historic Vessel Vega, Sight by Sail, Anambas Islands

This little film covers our work providing reading glasses for the elderly in the Anambas Islands, Indonesia. You would be amazed how a simple pair of reading glasses can improve the quality of someone’s life.

Reading glasses for Palah village

This remote village is located on Mubur island in Kepulauan Anambas, a small archipelago of Indonesia, located in the South China Sea between the Malaysian mainland to the west and the island of Borneo to the east.

Sight by Sail

Sight by Sail is a program Historic Vessel Vega began over 10 years ago to bring simple reading glasses to the islands we assist.

Wairoke Village, reading glasses & medical supplies

As one of the young maritime policemen said, “This morning when we came 138 people could not see, now when we leave 138 of my people can see again.” Wairoke Village, Lautém District, Timor Leste.

Afabubo Community

Historic Vessel Vega in collaboration with the East Timor Maritime Police (UPM) delivers medical supplies and reading glasses to Lautém District, Timor Leste.

The doctor from the local clinic doing the short-sightedness tests.

Reading glasses & clinic supplies for Laclubar

Laclubar is a rural area high in the mountains of East Timor. It is difficult to reach. Most people live in the surrounding farming villages which often have no road only walking paths.

Reading glasses for the elderly in Triloka

Triloka Clinic serves the community Triloka and 12 surrounding villages. The clinic works under the umbrella of the Fundação Lafaek Diak, Baucau, East Timor.