Dame Silvia Cartwright visits Rose
Charities Cambodia Eye clinic with Mr Mike Webber
Rose
CharitiesNZ Trustee, Mike Webber, hosted a visit by
Dame Silvia Cartwright to Rose Charities Eye Clinic in Cambodia.The New
Zealand judge and former Governor-General Dame Silvia is one of five
trial judges for the Cambodia War Crimes Tribunal and has been based in Phnom Penh since last July. She is also a Patron of Rose Charities NZ
along with Lady June Hillary.Mike said that Dame Silvia spent 40 minutes at the
clinic on Anzac Day after she had attended Anzac day events at the
Australian Embassy.
NEWSFLASH:
Dr David Sabiston (Rose Charities NZ Consultant ) awarded New Zealand Order Of Merit. N.Z
for a lifetime of outstanding and charitable international
and home based ophthalmology. Dr David Sabiston
Some of Dr Sabiston's
wonderful work in movie below
Mike Webber (Order of Merit
NZ) teaches Optometry at Rose Charities Cambodia
Clinic.. click on image below
Dr David Sabiston (Order of Merit NZ) has restored sight to thousands
....
ROSE CHARITIES WORLDWIDE
UPDATE 'TWEETS'
Give the
ultimate gift this year - a rose charities gift of sight certificate
!! One
certificate = one sight restoration operation for a poor Cambodian = NZD 35Certificates
send on request for each NZD 35 donation: Contact
: Jane Midgley
90 Armagh St, Christchurch
REG.NZ CHARITY CH/1231630
ROSE Charities New Zealand is a registered charitable trust
formed to assist with charitable rehabilitation efforts in all sectors both in
New Zealand and on a worldwide basis. Disbursements are made on an annual
basis following board review of submitted proposals. The trust
organization and management is generously donated by Midgley
Partners Chartered Accountants. Christchurch, New Zealand.. Donations
may be make through them (marked for ROSE Charities NZ please)
E-mail Contact may be made through the ROSE International Network
address roseHQ@aol.com
or c/o Midgley Partners (see above)
ROSE Charities NZ accepts applications for both local NZ
and international (small scale) project grants. (typically NZD 500 to
1500). Initial proposal letters should be short, precise and specific.
Assistance
given...
2004-2006
A. Within NZ:
1) Champion Center (see below) . Christchurch
2) Holly
House. Cares for new/expectant mothers who
have little or no support . Christchurch
3) "Siruvar Armpa Kalve Poonga" project. Support
for Tamil immigrant children (many from Sri Lanka conflict). Includes
"Tamil Community Children Bridging program. Based in Auckland
B. Interational.
1) ROSE Charities Cambodia (see below)
2) Tsunami emergency funds were sent to AMDA Indonesia - (which
was the first NGO team to arrive in Aceh. after the tsunami and has continued
working there to date. AMDA Indonesia also sent a team to Nias
Island after the April 2005 earthquake.
2003-2004
A. Within N.Z for NZ focus
1) Champion Center, Christchurch (See below)
2 Allenvale
School, Christchurch School for children with special needs.
Provides programs for children with autism, Prada Willi syndrome, Down's
syndrome, fragile X, attention deficit disorder etc.
B. Within N.Z for international focus
1)
Starfish Project:(note.. there is no specific website but the link
contains some background information of the project) Consists of a group of
individuals from NZ and Australia experienced in palliative care for the
terminally ill who donate their time (and often money too) to use their
professional skills to train and implement palliative care for those in
developing countries. It is an area almost totally overlooked in many poor
countries where those suffering from terminal diseases are simply abandoned or
even locked away in appalling conditions. Current focus is the San Lorenzo
hospital in the Philippines where recent work has been directly assisting AIDs,
TB and rabies patients. This wonderful project takes 'rehabilitation'
right down to the deepest levels - that of rehabilitation of the human spirit,
dignity and peace of mind, removed by the disease process and the way it is
often treated in underprivileged, overcrowded societies with few resources. <STOP
PRESS.. CLICK FOR LETTER FROM LIESE RE STARFISH PROJECT>
C. International direct.
1) ROSE
Charities
Cambodia.(Cambodia registered) This sibling organization of the
ROSE Rehabilitation network operates an ophthalmic clinic at Kien Khleng,
Cambodia. It runs of sight-restoration, general eye surgery and (shortly
commencing) optometry, both in training and implementation. The clinic currently
performs free eye surgery for around 100 poor Cambodians per month.
2002-2003
1) Champion
Center, Christchurch. The Centre offers a range
of assessment, monitoring and Early Intervention services for special needs
children from birth to five years. It aims to teach families/whanau how to help
their child develop the skills that will allow them to take their place in their
local school and community.
General News and updates
September 2007. AGM and fundraiser Auckland.NZ.
Dame Silvia Cartwright and Lady June Hillary both honour Rose Charities NZ
by their generous agreement to become Patrons. Board expanded by
formal appointment of Mr Mike Webber (Hamilton) and Mrs Pip
Neville-Barton (Waiheke Island). Mrs Tris Gribben elected to
Chairperson for second term.
August 2007. Fifth vist by Rose Charities NZ team to
Cambodia.
April 2007. Fourth visit by Rose Charities NZ eye team
to Cambodia. Fifth visit scheduled for September 07. Mr
Mike Webber receives NZ Order of Merit for outstanding international and
local optometry services. (see top of page).
October 2005. Third N.Z. Ophthalmic team visit to Rose
Cambodia Eye Clinic huge success. Dr Sabiston and Mike Webber return to N.Z.
having assessed clinic operation, trained and performed eye surgery and
optometric activities . Rose Eye Clinic now performs more eye
surgeries to the poor than any other in Cambodia. In 2006 it is estimated
that the 10,000th operation will be carried out. Both consultants
donated materials, time and expertise to the visit and largely sponsored
themselves. Mr. Webber donated a thick lens grinder and other
supplies. Detailed discussions were held with Cambodian Ministry of
Health, and Social Action officials and others in the Cambodian eye care
network.
June 2005. Exhibition of pictures drawn by Sri
Lankan tsunami child survivors organized by Rose Charities NZ director and
author, Trish Gribben at Auckland Children's
Book Festival.
Local and internationally renowned author and Rose Charities
N.Z Chairperson, Mrs Trish Gribben with Roses and exhibition
- Childrens Book Fair Auckland
Statement of appreciation to Midgley
Partners, Christchurch, NZ. Jane and John Midgley have,
year after year, since its inception donated accounting services to Rose
Charities NZ. This would have amounted to thousands of dollars of professional
services which has, instead gone to helping Rose projects and other NZ
causes. Rose Charities is enormously grateful for this extreme
generosity.
Rose Charities New Zealand
wishes to express to Lady
Hillary heartfelt sympathy on the loss of her husband, Sir Edmund,
New Zealand's great hero, (seen above with Sandar Tenzing
Norgay in 1953 ). All Rose Charities Branches, mourn Sir
Edmund's passing, though none more than Ric-Rose Nepal, and our own.
