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Last Week's Meeting

• Allan Douglas
• Jessica Redwood – Children First Foundation

• 53rd anniversary today – John and Lorna Shaw
• 37 years a member of the club – John Ritchie – exceptional member for a long time Chris Adams and Russ Nielsen ahead of him.Secret of longevity – nutritionist. Had fun and enjoyed it all!! – Does the Toast to the Elderly each month and bowel cancer awareness leader in the club.

Jessica Redwood – Children First Foundation – CEO

• CEO there since November 2021
• Started by Rotary – Moira Kelly and conjoined twins that were separated – that is us!
• World population 7.8 b – those without access to surgery 75% around 5b – 2/3 of the world population!!
• Who would you choose from your family to not have surgical care???
• In Australia great health system – need in developing countries – majority are children
• Lack of access to surgical care kills more than the number from HIV, TB and gastro combined
• One of the most challenging changes to make
• Founded in 1999 by Moira Kelly – Rotary helped build retreat in Kilmore
• 500 children from over 32 countries worldwide have been supported

• how the twins came to Australia – kids coming here for specialist care and stay at purpose retreat in Kilmore and full rehab etc also go through education and supported by teachers
• Team of volunteers – teachers pro bono
• Retreat has all that is needed to support the children 15 beds enough for 8 children and their families

• Programs in the country they live due to COVID this program was developed
• With family and friends and in culture
• Working with surgeons – assess cases ensure if can be treated in-country and surgeons go and support home-based surgeon

• Health and welfare post-surgery until early adults
• Grants to help with ongoing education

• Longer term goals working toward sustainability
• Quality, safe medical care
• PNG partnered with Royal College of Surgeons – to access event paediatric life support
• Will impact infant mortality rate long-term

• From Timor-Leste
• Thin spread of medical skills
• Basic access to pain medication
• Stigma around a disability
• Choked every time she ate or drank and was failing to thrive
• Radiology equipment is basic – having a problem diagnosing and causing stress to the family
• Jigsaw – immigration, surgeon and hospital
• Darwin for assessment
• Laryngeal Cleft was the problem
• Within 2 weeks she was getting better
• President of Timor acknowledged this

• Clubbed feet
• Wants to wear shoes
• One surgeon performed tried to undertake the surgery – follow up was not as expected and to save life left leg needed to be amputated
• Excited to be able to stand up and all she wants is a pink pair of sandles
• She will actually need 3 surgeries

Committee Reports

• Grant for the watering system for the high school for the vegetable garden
• We got the grant!!
• It is a community project – Rotary, Mitre 10, Men’s Shed – their year long project, The School (the principal and 2 teachers are on board)
• It is an ongoing project and keep
• Thank you to my Committee
• Thank you - Kris, Shalini & Marcus for helping write the grant
• Thank you DG Ken for his final approval!!!

• Kids Fun Run Committee approval to donate $50k Monash Children’s Hospital
• Just over $3k as a starting budget for next year
• A great result and thank you to the club for all the hard work
• Been in touch with Monash, Bas, he is working on a date for the formal presentation
• Wash up meeting TBC combined with KFRWPB 2023
• Gala Dinner – 10^th February we will be represented by committee members
• John stepping back as chair this year
• Invite someone from the club to be the chair

• 2/3 of club responded
• Meeting after the club meeting to discuss next steps

• National Secretary – 4 yrs
• Fundraising – stepped back from that
• Still Regional Chair