2. 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

3. 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.

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

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

6. WHERE WE WORK

7. 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.

19. 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

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

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

24. 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

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

26. DGE John Barnes RC ClaytonLaos Harry ZiegerinkRC CranbourneFiji David Gamble RC WandinPhilippines Dennis Young RC TemplestoweLaos Hayden AndrewsRC MordiallocLaos Derek Pyrah RC CorrimalPhilippines Nick de Rooys RC CorrimalPhilippines Chris Mara RC BentleighFiji Alan RichardsonRC Mt GambierPapua New Guinea Penny LeylandRC OtahuhuFiji Paul Burgess RC MinnamurraPhilippines Bill Farrugia RC Box HillLaos PDG Ray Stewart RC Narre WarrenPapua New Guinea Val Nicholson RC Dandenong EastFiji ROTARIAN AMBASSADORS

27. Kevin SheehanRC PakenhamIndonesia Stewart GoodmanRC BoroniaBangladesh DGE Ken McDonaldRC DandenongPapua New Guinea Gillian PayneRC WendoureeVanuatu Paul CasosRC Ipswich CityPapua New Guinea Ken McDonaldRC DandenongPNG Keith Maxwell RC Noble ParkLaos Jan Cutler RC RydePhilippines RI Director Ian Riseley RC SandringhamBangladesh John TameRC Frankston NorthBangladesh Richard HerrRC HobartVanuatu Ray JacksonRC BrightonSamoa Bob PitmanRC MaffraSri Lanka Ken PittmanRC Mill PointLaos ROTARIAN AMBASSADORS

28. David DeanRC St IvesPakistan Ian ArmstrongRC NunawadingFiji Pamela BazinRC Port of MackayIndonesia John BerendsRC Seaford-C/DownsFiji Nick XourisRC CaringbahPhilippines Rowena MannRC BenallaPhilippines Lutz PreuscheRC SandringhamLaos Jan WakefieldRC Cairns SunriseNepal Kel HobbyRC SorrentoBalikpapan Barry OsborneRC RosebudFiji Paul BellRC Albury NorthFiji Libby VaseyRC Shepparton EastBangladesh Richard VineyRC KenwickTanzania Morven HutchessonRC Mt GambierPhilippines Rachel SheffieldRC Mill PointLaos ROTARIAN AMBASSADORS

29. “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

30. 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

31. 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

32. PhilippinesCagayan de OroJan 08 ^ FijiLautoka Jan 08 ^ postponed Suva Apr 08 ^ NepalKathmanduJan 08 Kathmandu May 08 BangladeshDhakaFeb 08 LaosLocal OutreachFeb 08 Vientiane Feb 08 ^ Sri LankaColomboMar 08 PNGLae/GorokaMar 08 Port MoresbyMar 08 Solomon IslandsHoniaraApr 08 ^ IndonesiaSumbawaApr 08 East KalimantanMay 08 ^ VietnamHo Chi Minh CityJune 08 Burma (Myanmar)YangonJune 08 ^ Programs funded by Rotary 2008 PROGRAMS (January –June)

33. “ 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

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