ROMAC and Interplast are two charities Rotary associates with to provide life-changing medical aid to children from the Pacific region.
The Club's Charitable Trust has made donations of $5,000 to each of these charities in the name of Bill McKay, a former Club member whose major bequest to the Club is held in the Charitable Trust.
All surgical and medical staff working in the programme are volunteers - donations fund air fares, visas, and other external costs of the programme. Read more about ROMAC here ... (Click here to donate to ROMAC)
Interplast sends teams of volunteer plastic and reconstructive surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses and allied health professionals to provide life-changing surgery and medical training in 17 countries across the Asia Pacific region. This is done in partnership with local organisations, including hospitals, universities and local NGOs.Interplast's mission is to ‘repair bodies and rebuild lives’ and they do this by providing surgical services to those who could not otherwise afford or access these, and by building the capacity of local medical systems through training and mentoring programs. Read more about Interplast here ...
To recognise a significant contribution to Rotary or to the Community by a member, the Club can donate $US1,000 to the Rotary Foundation on behalf of that member, which entitles the member to be called a Paul Harris Fellow.
For the second time in recent months The Rotary Club of Timaru has recognised a fellow South Cantabrian for exceptional service to others. On Tuesday 19th February President Elect Bev Slooten celebrated Margaret Stocker's humanitarian work in improving the living conditions of the people in the Middle Hills region of the Himalayas in Nepal.
