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WHERE WE WORK

WHERE WE WORK. programs of treatment and training: Cleft lip & palate Burns scar contractures. teams of medical VOLUNTEERS from Australia and New Zealand. developing countries in the Asia Pacific region.

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WHERE WE WORK

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  1. WHERE WE WORK

  2. programs of treatment and training: Cleft lip & palate Burns scar contractures teams of medical VOLUNTEERS from Australia and New Zealand developing countries in the Asia Pacific region

  3. “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

  4. ACHIEVEMENTS • Since foundation in 1983 Interplast volunteers have • Trained hundreds of overseas medical personnel • Sponsored over 70 doctors and nurses to receive training in Australia • Sent over 600 volunteers • On over 400 programs • To 23 countries • Conducted nearly 30,000 consultations, and • Performed 18,000 life changing operations

  5. ROTARY INTEGRAL • Company members • Board of Directors • Rotarians Committee • Interplast Chairs in 26 Districts • Fund approx 1/3 of programs each year • 47 Observers • Fellowship, bring District together, theme • Work with Asia Pacific Rotary Clubs

  6. INTERPLAST & ROMAC- The Difference • Interplast is Outward from NZ & AUS • Treatment and Training in recipient countries • Treatment to anyone in need, not just children • ROMAC is Inward to NZ and AUS • special for children only • severity, risk, difficulty beyond the skills and resources of the home country

  7. www.interplast.com.au Contacts: Richard Stephen rjstephen@xtra.co.nz 04 560 3537 Don McIver, Eastern Hutt: Don.mac@xtra.co.nz 04 560 3778

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