Who is EARS?

EARS Incorporated is an Australian-based Christian organisation established to support hearing clinics and training centres in developing countries, with approved projects co-ordinated by Donna Carkeet in Papua New Guinea and Peter & Rebecca Bartlett in Malawi (Africa).

Why donate?

Most developing countries do not have any permanent audiology services or audiology training centres. Those with serious hearing loss are disadvantaged and often impoverished. Donna Carkeet's successful five year EARS Inc. project in the Dominican Republic has ensured this country of 11 million people now has locally trained health staff to provide a full range of hearing services, where there was none before.  Donna now works in Fiji and Papua New Guinea.

Peter and Rebecca Bartlett moved to the African nation of Malawi which has a population of over 21 million, in 2010 to begin an EARS Inc project and stayed there till 2016.  Dr Jenna Vallario from the USA lived in Malawi with her husband and one year old son for 5 years and returned in June 2024.  Lawrence and Charmaine Hill recently returned to the UK after serving there for 1 year. Peter and Rebecca Bartlett continue to oversee the EARS Inc project  which now encompasses the ABC Hearing Clinic which provides services in the capital city and throughout regional areas of the country.  The project also has a fully accredited 4 year audiology degree program which trains local Malawians to become audiologists. The governement of Malawia has recently employed some of these graduates as the first audiologists in government hospitals. People with hearing loss are having their lives changed for good as a result of training local people and providing these services reaching across these countries.

Where will your money go?

At the moment funds are urgently needed to cover the salaries of Malawian audiology lecturers who teach in the Audiology Department at African bible colleges.

Papua New Guinea and Fiji are in need of hearing aids and equipment.