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Project Spotlight
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Welcome to Givewell's Project Spotlight. Each month we highlight a project for which a charity is currently seeking funds. We also provide details on how to give directly for this project.
Project description Interplast Australia is a reconstructive surgery organisation run under the banner of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Each year, it sends 20 teams of surgeons, anaesthetists and nurses to countries in Asia and the Pacific. All team members are unpaid volunteers and all patients treated are among the poorest in their communities. Hundreds of thousands of people in Asia suffer from congenital conditions such as cleft lips and palates, or acquired deformities such as bad burn scars and tendon damage. Interplast Australia has programs in place to both treat a number of these patients and also to transfer vital surgical techniques to local doctors. Part of the education resources for local doctors is the Interplast Australia Surgical Series which contains a number of videos demonstrating surgical procedures needed to treat common deformities. The surgeon performing the operation in each video explains exactly what he is doing as the operation proceeds. Each video, which include detailed 3D animation, costs approximately $25,000 to produce and are about 50 minutes long. The finished product will be supplied on VHS tapes, CD and VCD free of charge to hospitals and doctors in developing countries. They will be used for at least the next 10 years in locally-based teaching programs. The amount of sponsorship received from individuals and corporations will determine the number of videos produced. A minimum of five and up to 15 are needed. Can donors give directly to the project? Yes If so, how? Cheques and credit card donations are welcomed. Contact: Interplast Australia, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Spring Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000 Tel: (03) 9249 1231 Email: interplast@surgeons.org Is there an allowance for administration costs? No Contact details for further information: Robert Simms, Secretary Interplast Australia Development Committee, Tel: (02) 9411 4669, Email: robsimms@item.com.au |
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