About Us

Location and environment of Maucatar, Timor Leste

Maucatar is a remote mountainous subdistrict of the Timor-Leste district of Cova Lima south west of Suai.  The area has very poor socio-economic conditions, extremely low income, little or no education, malnutrition, high mortality rates especially high maternal deaths of both mothers and babies, lack of water and sanitation and poor roads and infrastructure.  No homes have running water, most villages do not have electricity and most families have homes with no bathroom or toilet.  For most there is no opportunity to purchase food, the people relying on what they can grow and find in the forests.  Many families live a subsistence life-style with no or very little money.  There are 22 official villages in the Maucatar sub-district with an estimated population of 16,000.

Friends of the Teresa Orsini Clinic (FOTTOC)

Friends of the Teresa Orsini Clinic (FOTTOC) was registered as a charity and Public Benevolent Institution with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) on 26th February 2018.   FOTTOC functions with a Collaborative Agreement with the Teresa Orsini Maternity Clinic (TOMC).

Teresa Orsini Maternity Clinic (TOMC)

The Teresa Orsini Maternity Clinic (TOMC) is the only maternity clinic and health facility in the sub-district and was established by 3 inspiring and hard-working Hospitaller Sisters of Mercy in 2016. The TOMC provides free care to the friendly, warm hearted people of Maucatar district through both care at the clinic and an outreach service to remote villages.

FOTTOC committee

Founder/Chair: Kathleen Dansie
President: Kathleen Dansie
Treasurer: John Henry
Secretary: Catherine Horan
Publicity Officer: David Dansie

TOMC team

Sr Gilber