Madison Rotary to Host Mercy Ships VP

The
Rotary Club of Madison will be hosting Jeff Kramer, Vice President of Resource
Development at Mercy Ships headquartered in Texas as he presents Mercy Ships’
upcoming project in West Africa for 2015. 
Area health care professionals are invited to attend this presentation
to learn about opportunities to volunteer their skills on this humanitarian
mission, the heart of Rotary’s motto, “Service above Self.”  The Madison Rotary is collaborating with
Mercy Ships.  The meeting will take place
on March 13 at 7:45 a.m. at the Madison Area YMCA, Kings Road, Madison.   

MERCY SHIPS STATS…

Mercy Ships
provides surgeries and health care to correct or otherwise eradicate blindness,
corneal growths & crossed eyes, deformities, tumors, cleft lip/palate,
congenital abnormalities, burns & leprosy, oral disease, dental extractions
& procedures, oral hygiene education, and childbirth injuries. To give you an idea of the kinds
of differences Mercy Ships makes in individual lives, while docked in Guinea
from August 2012 to May 2013:

They
performed…

• 1475
  cataract and 142 other eye surgeries

They
provided…

• training
  and capacity building for 1924 surgeons, doctors, nurses, dentists, technicians,
  students, midwives

• community
  health education to 2962 patients

They
completed…

• renovations
  of 2 hospital wards and a dental clinic 

For
additional information or to reserve a seat, please contact Missy Elias at madisonrotarymercyships@gmail.com.