An Interplast team are home after eight days in Nepal to assist with earthquake recovery efforts.
From 25 May to 1 June, volunteer surgeons and nurses provided microsurgical mentoring to staff at Kirtipur Hospital in Kathmandu. Together with the local team, they treated patients with complex crush injuries to their legs, ankles and feet sustained from falling objects during the earthquake.
Turia’s Interplast Gala in Sydney was an unforgettable night, and the incredible generosity of people who attended has made it possible to deliver additional Interplast surgical and training programs in Laos and PNG this year.
The first of these activities has just taken place. We returned last week from Laos, where we accompanied a seven-person team from Mahosot Hospital on their outreach program to Phonsavan, providing people in remote areas with access to vital surgery.
Here are just two of the people whose lives were changed.
Today is Republic Day in Nepal, a national day that celebrates the country’s independence. We’d like to acknowledge the incredible resilience the Nepalese people have shown when faced by hard times recently.
Interplast has been working in Nepal since 2006 and next week, at the request of our local Nepalese partners, will send a volunteer team to assist with the recovery efforts.
It’s a busy week for our teams next week, with programs taking place in Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Interplast volunteers who recently returned from a surgical program in the Solomon Islands said it was one of their most enjoyable and effective Interplast programs.
Two Interplast teams are away on programs this week: one in Laos and the other in the Solomon Islands.
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Interplast will be supporting a Nursing Curriculum Development Advisor assignment in Fiji.
It’s National Volunteer Week and we could not miss the opportunity to pay tribute to our volunteers – the essence of Interplast.
The theme of this year’s National Volunteer Week, “Give Happy, Live Happy” goes to the heart of what our volunteers do. Through their remarkable contributions over the last 30 years, they have profoundly impacted the lives of those they treat and train.
Our thoughts are with Nepal. While Interplast is not a humanitarian response organisation, we’re ready to help when our local partners ask us to.
Interplast will be supporting a Burn Rehabilitation Trainer assignment in Vietnam through the Australian Volunteers for International Development program.
We’re honoured to work with local medical professionals in the Asia/Pacific region who, faced with these challenges, tirelessly strive to improve the health of their communities