On Saturday 26 April we held a Lei Day Bunnings BBQ at Gladesville to raise funds for ROMAC. Lei Day raises awareness for the work that Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) does to bring children from the Pacific Islands to Australia for life saving surgery and / or dignity restoring surgery, not accessible to them in their home countries.
Lei Day in May is designed to celebrate love, hope and respect for the children of Oceania who need our medical aid, by wearing a lei, the symbol of kindness and sharing.
ROMAC is an official project of Rotary International (RI) and is supported by Rotarians and Rotary clubs in all districts in Australia and New Zealand.
ROMAC is 1 of only a few multi-District Zone 8 projects approved by RI. Others are Australian Rotary Health, Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS), Rotary New Zealand World Community Service and Rotary Downunder.
ROMAC is run entirely by volunteers and has no offices or paid staff. Overheads and administrative expenses are paid out of earnings on capital. Expenses for the treatment of children are paid from donations and grants.
ROMAC currently receives no government funding so relies very heavily on the generosity of Rotarians and other supporters to enable us to treat children. And for this we are extremely grateful.
We hope you may consider supporting the treatment of a child.
For more information or to subscribe to the newsletter go to https://romac.org.au/
