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.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.

INTERPLAST

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

PROGRAMS

• 2 weeks

• Volunteer Medical Team

• All equipment and supplies

• Budget approx. $40K

WHERE WE WORK

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.

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

SPONSORED FOR TRAINING

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

FUNDING• Australian & New Zealand Rotary

Clubs

• AusAID

• Corporate Sponsorship

• Public Donations

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

ROTARY & INTERPLAST

• Founded in association with Rotary D9800

• Rotarians funded 8 of 27 programs 06/07

• Rotarian Committee & Board Members

• 42 Rotarian Ambassadors

DGE John Barnes RC Clayton LaosHarry Ziegerink RC Cranbourne FijiDavid Gamble RC Wandin PhilippinesDennis Young RC Templestowe LaosHayden Andrews RC Mordialloc LaosDerek Pyrah RC Corrimal PhilippinesNick de Rooys RC Corrimal PhilippinesChris Mara RC Bentleigh FijiAlan Richardson RC Mt Gambier Papua New GuineaPenny Leyland RC Otahuhu FijiPaul Burgess RC Minnamurra PhilippinesBill Farrugia RC Box Hill LaosPDG Ray Stewart RC Narre Warren Papua New GuineaVal Nicholson RC Dandenong East Fiji

ROTARIAN AMBASSADORS

Kevin Sheehan RC Pakenham IndonesiaStewart Goodman RC Boronia Bangladesh DGE Ken McDonald RC Dandenong Papua New GuineaGillian Payne RC Wendouree VanuatuPaul Casos RC Ipswich City Papua New GuineaKen McDonald RC Dandenong PNGKeith Maxwell RC Noble Park LaosJan Cutler RC Ryde PhilippinesRI Director Ian Riseley RC SandringhamBangladeshJohn Tame RC Frankston NorthBangladeshRichard Herr RC Hobart VanuatuRay Jackson RC Brighton SamoaBob Pitman RC Maffra Sri LankaKen Pittman RC Mill Point Laos

ROTARIAN AMBASSADORS

David Dean RC St Ives PakistanIan Armstrong RC Nunawading FijiPamela Bazin RC Port of Mackay IndonesiaJohn Berends RC Seaford-C/Downs FijiNick Xouris RC Caringbah PhilippinesRowena Mann RC Benalla PhilippinesLutz Preusche RC Sandringham LaosJan Wakefield RC Cairns Sunrise NepalKel Hobby RC Sorrento BalikpapanBarry Osborne RC Rosebud FijiPaul Bell RC Albury North FijiLibby Vasey RC Shepparton East BangladeshRichard Viney RC Kenwick TanzaniaMorven Hutchesson RC Mt Gambier PhilippinesRachel Sheffield RC Mill Point Laos

ROTARIAN AMBASSADORS

“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

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

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

Philippines Cagayan de Oro Jan 08 ^Fiji Lautoka Jan 08 ^ postponed

Suva Apr 08 ^Nepal Kathmandu Jan 08

Kathmandu May 08Bangladesh Dhaka Feb 08Laos Local Outreach Feb 08

Vientiane Feb 08 ^Sri Lanka Colombo Mar 08PNG Lae/Goroka Mar 08

Port Moresby Mar 08Solomon Islands Honiara Apr 08 ^Indonesia Sumbawa Apr 08

East Kalimantan May 08 ^Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City June 08Burma (Myanmar) Yangon June 08

^ Programs funded by Rotary

2008 PROGRAMS(January –June)

“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

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