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Event: Auckland: “Out of the Darkness” (film)
OUT OF THE DARKNESS Rose Charities NZ Hopetoun Alpha, 19 Beresford Square, Auckland City, Auckland Sunday, 14 August 2011, 5:30PM Tickets at door or contact@rose-charities.org A documentary screening to raise funds for an outpost eye clinic in Nepal. OUT … Continue reading
Major boost for Eye Clinic, Cambodia
The Rose Charities Eye Clinic in Phnom Penh has just received a major boost, with the arrival of high-tech equipment donated from the New Zealand optom community and a visit from Rose Trustee optometrist Mike Webber with technician Neville Wood. … Continue reading
Japan tsunami relief update: 27th March 2011
(2011-03-27) Iwate Prefecture (Kamaishi City and the town of Ohtsuchicho): 1) Ohtsuchicho The medical infrastructure in the town of Ohtsuchicho was totally devastated due to the torrential tsunami. The clinics and hospitals in the coastal area were all washed away … Continue reading
Japan tsunami team update: 7th AMDA team now underway..
(2011-03-18) 1) AMDA team in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture: AMDA team has been delivering mobile clinic services and relief goods to the nursing homes and schools (evacuation shelters) in Aoba and Miyagino Wards. The common cold has become prevalent among … Continue reading