ABOUT ROMAC
ROMAC is one of Rotary's best kept secrets ........
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ROMAC News
Early next month our District will be hosting Jesuina da Costa Belo, a 15 year old girl from Bacau, Timor Leste. Jesuina, who has Rheumatic Heart Disease, has been accepted by Monash Medical Centre, under Dr Andrew Cochrane, to have surgery to repair her mitral valve.
ROMAC has been in operation for over 25 years. Rotarians volunteer their time and expertise to run this Rotary program that encompasses all the Districts of Australia and New Zealand. Assisted by many eminent Australian and New Zealand surgeons who generously donate their time free for the treatment of our patients, this humanitarian program has provided over 400 children from more than 20 developing countries with urgent medical treatment that has given them new hope.
OUR TEAM
ROMAC has a Board of five members, plus an Operations committee, which includes the Board members plus eight others responsible for operational activity. Australia and New Zealand is divided into six regions. Each of the regions has a regional committee, managed by the Regional Chair and including representatives from each of the Rotary districts in their region....
OUR PATRONS AND AMBASSADORS
ROMAC enjoys and appreciates the support of its patrons and ambassadors who generously promote the work and ideals of ROMAC - "To provide medical treatment for children from developing countries in the form of lifesaving and/or dignity restoring surgery not accessible to them in their home country"
ROMAC (Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children) is proud to announce Mrs Margie Abbott has accepted the position of Patron for our Rotary Australia & New Zealand wide life-giving charity. Margie Abbott, wife of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, is well known for her caring approach to children.
ROMAC Patron MRs Margie Abbott with baby Fitzpatrick Unga and mum Freda at Canberra Hospital.