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TOPICS COVERED

TOPICS COVERED. Who is Interplast What Interplast does How Interplast does it The difference Interplast makes Rotary and Interplast The benefits of being a part of it. ULTIMATE GOAL.

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TOPICS COVERED

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  1. TOPICS COVERED • Who is Interplast • What Interplast does • How Interplast does it • The difference Interplast makes • Rotary and Interplast • The benefits of being a part of it

  2. ULTIMATE GOAL . Improve the quality of life by increasing the access and standard of health care available in the developing countries of the Asia Pacific through the provision of plastic and reconstructive surgery.

  3. INTERPLAST Interplast sends teams of VOLUNTEER plastic & reconstructive surgeons, anesthetists and nurses to the Asia Pacific region to deliver programs of aid and development.

  4. PROGRAMS • 2 weeks • Volunteer Medical Team • All equipment and supplies • Budget approx. $40K

  5. WHERE WE WORK

  6. 2007/2008 PROGRAMS • 23 Programs Delivered • In 15 Countries • Providing 967 Operations • Delivering training to medical staff • Involving over 120 volunteers • Providing over $A 1.9 million worth of pro bono services.

  7. TRAINING/DEVELOPMENT • Invited over by the Ministry of Health • Contribute to the development and training of plastic & reconstructive surgery • Meet the needs of the country

  8. SPONSORED FOR TRAINING Over 65 doctors and nurses have been sponsored to receive part of their training in Australia.

  9. FUNDING • Australian & New Zealand Rotary Clubs • AusAID • Corporate Sponsorship • Public Donations

  10. RELATIONSHIPS • Rotary & Royal Australasian College of Surgeons • Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons • New Zealand Society of Plastic Surgeons • Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) • ROMAC & Children First Foundation

  11. ROTARY & INTERPLAST • Founded in association with Rotary D9800 • Rotarians funded 8 of 27 programs 06/07 • Rotarian Committee & Board Members • 42 Rotarian Ambassadors

  12. ROTARIAN AMBASSADORS DGE John Barnes RC Clayton Laos Harry Ziegerink RC Cranbourne Fiji David Gamble RC Wandin Philippines Dennis Young RC Templestowe Laos Hayden Andrews RC Mordialloc Laos Derek Pyrah RC Corrimal Philippines Nick de Rooys RC Corrimal Philippines Chris Mara RC Bentleigh Fiji Alan Richardson RC Mt Gambier Papua New Guinea Penny Leyland RC Otahuhu Fiji Paul Burgess RC Minnamurra Philippines Bill Farrugia RC Box Hill Laos PDG Ray Stewart RC Narre Warren Papua New Guinea Val Nicholson RC Dandenong East Fiji

  13. ROTARIAN AMBASSADORS Kevin Sheehan RC Pakenham Indonesia Stewart Goodman RC Boronia Bangladesh DGE Ken McDonald RC Dandenong Papua New Guinea Gillian Payne RC Wendouree Vanuatu Paul Casos RC Ipswich City Papua New Guinea Ken McDonald RC Dandenong PNG Keith Maxwell RC Noble Park Laos Jan Cutler RC Ryde Philippines RI Director Ian Riseley RC Sandringham Bangladesh John Tame RC Frankston North Bangladesh Richard Herr RC Hobart Vanuatu Ray Jackson RC Brighton Samoa Bob Pitman RC Maffra Sri Lanka Ken Pittman RC Mill Point Laos

  14. ROTARIAN AMBASSADORS David Dean RC St Ives Pakistan Ian Armstrong RC Nunawading Fiji Pamela Bazin RC Port of Mackay Indonesia John Berends RC Seaford-C/Downs Fiji Nick Xouris RC Caringbah Philippines Rowena Mann RC Benalla Philippines Lutz Preusche RC Sandringham Laos Jan Wakefield RC Cairns Sunrise Nepal Kel Hobby RC Sorrento Balikpapan Barry Osborne RC Rosebud Fiji Paul Bell RC Albury North Fiji Libby Vasey RC Shepparton East Bangladesh Richard Viney RC Kenwick Tanzania Morven Hutchesson RC Mt Gambier Philippines Rachel Sheffield RC Mill Point Laos

  15. “These operations are giving hope to these kids, who could never have afforded it. And the training leaves a legacy long after Interplast is gone.” Rotarian Ambassador Nick Xouris Caringbah RC, Nov 06 “The most worthwhile thing I have done in my life” Rotarian Ambassador Lutz Preusche Sandringham RC Feb 07

  16. Benefits of Involvement • Provide a life changing operation to individual patients • Train doctors, anaesthetists & nurses in their own countries • Develop goodwill & international relationships with other countries • Develop goodwill & relationships with other Rotary Clubs

  17. IN SUMMARY • Founded in 1983 • Training of hundreds of doctors & nurses in the Asia Pacific • Sponsored 60 doctors & nurses to continue their training in Australia • Sent 42 Rotarian Ambassadors on programs • Sent over 600 volunteers on over 400 programs in 22 countries for • 30,000 consultations and 17,000 operations

  18. 2008 PROGRAMS(January –June) Philippines Cagayan de Oro Jan 08 ^ Fiji Lautoka Jan 08 ^postponed Suva Apr 08 ^ Nepal Kathmandu Jan 08 Kathmandu May 08 Bangladesh Dhaka Feb 08 Laos Local Outreach Feb 08 Vientiane Feb 08 ^ Sri Lanka Colombo Mar 08 PNG Lae/Goroka Mar 08 Port Moresby Mar 08 Solomon Islands Honiara Apr 08 ^ Indonesia Sumbawa Apr 08 East Kalimantan May 08 ^ Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City June 08 Burma (Myanmar) Yangon June 08 ^ Programs funded by Rotary

  19. “We restore, repair, and make whole those parts of the face which nature has not given or which fortune has taken away – not so much that they may delight the eye, but that we should buoy up the spirit and help the mind of the afflicted.” Gaspare Tagliacozzi 1589 Italian Surgeon

  20. Thank you for your support Interplast 03 9249 1231 www.interplast.com.au

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