C RATI - FAAO
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HOST PROGRAMS<br />
The Rotary Club Host Project sponsors<br />
ophthalmologists from developing nations<br />
to come to the United States for a<br />
two-week professional, educational, social<br />
and cultural immersion, beginning<br />
with the first week in the hosting Rotary<br />
Club’s community and concluding with<br />
the second week at the Academy’s Annual<br />
Meeting. Five international ophthalmologists<br />
participated in this program in<br />
2004.<br />
“ I’ve come to realize that there are many<br />
patients we give up on when actually<br />
something can be done if we tried a bit<br />
harder, like corneal scars which I learnt<br />
can be improved or even treated with<br />
things like Amniotic Membranes. We<br />
are now in the process of seeing how we<br />
can start a tissue bank and start doing<br />
this procedure, which didn’t appear difficult<br />
to perform. It was really an eye<br />
opener.”<br />
HOST PROGRAM PARTICIPANT<br />
NAIROBI, KENYA<br />
“ The program was excellent. I use the 90<br />
DS and 78 DS lens for all patients with<br />
retinal problems, and also in the plastic<br />
surgery specialty, in the malignant case, I<br />
find some new methods.”<br />
HOST PROGRAM PARTICIPANT<br />
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN<br />
“ As it is, you are doing a great job not just<br />
in the professional aspect but also in the<br />
social aspect. The hosts were extremely<br />
good people. It’s like you carried out interviews<br />
and picked the best among all<br />
the Americans! The program is a really<br />
great idea and I hope many more people<br />
will benefit from it like I did. And thanks<br />
to [<strong>FAAO</strong> staff] who is one of the most<br />
organized and patient people I’ve met in<br />
my ‘short’ lifetime. Keep it up.”<br />
HOST PROGRAM PARTICIPANT<br />
NAIROBI, KENYA<br />
EYECARE VOLUNTEER REGISTRY<br />
A new web-based program, the EyeCare<br />
Volunteer Registry was developed to connect<br />
ophthalmic professionals who are interested<br />
in volunteering in a developing<br />
Ophthalmologist in Mongolia exams patient.<br />
Photo provided by Robert W. Butner, MD<br />
nation with organizations and institutions<br />
that need their assistance. For more information,<br />
log on to the EyeCare Volunteer<br />
Registry at www.eyecarevolunteer.org.<br />
Rotary Club Host Project<br />
GUEST COUNTRY SPONSORING ROTARY CLUB<br />
Dr. Millicent Kariuku-Wanyoike Kenya Sea Island Rotary Club, Beaufort, SC<br />
Dr. Ailian Hu China Rotary Club of Richmond, VA<br />
Dr. Barzarbaeva Chinara Satybaldievna Kyrgyzstan Rotary Club of Westerville, OH<br />
Dr. Mohammad Naim Afghanistan Rotary Club of Roanoke, VA<br />
Dr. Jean-Clauyde Crevecoeur Haiti Rotary Club of Philadelphia, PA