Posts from 2019
Lets meet the Rotaplast team-အသင်းအဖွဲ့ part 2
Naypyitaw, Myanmar
Hello again! Welcome to part 2 of our team introductions! Today we will meet Steve Brozosky, our medical records specialist, Quartermaster Dennis Bourassa, and our sterilizer and secondary photographer Tin... Read More »
Let’s meet Thwe-အောင်
Naypyitaw, Myanmar
Thwe, အောင်,and his family joined us on the second day of clinic. His family is from Nay Pyi Taw and heard about the Rotaplast mission from the staff at General Hospital. Thwe’s parents are... Read More »
Lets meet Myat- မြတ်
Naypyitaw, Myanmar
Myat- မြတ်- joins us from the Mandalay division, Paul township. Her parents heard about our mission on the radio and drove 300 kilometers to get here. We met Myat and her family on the first day of... Read More »
The power of facebook/social media-လူမှုမီဒီယာ
Naypyitaw, Myanmar
Today we learned the power of Facebook and social media. So the word of the day is လူမှုမီဒီယာ (luumhu medeyar) or social media. Many people of Myanmar used social media, such as Face... Read More »
Life in the hospital ward ဆေးရုံရပ်ကွက်
Naypyitaw, Myanmar
Hello again, in previous posts you have seen some pictures from our clinic, waiting room area, PACU and operating room. Now, lets see some pictures showing life in the hospital ward or ဆေးရုံ... Read More »
Lets meet the Rotaplast team-အသင်းအဖွဲ့ part 1
Naypyitaw, Myanmar
Good morning! Lets take a moment now to meet the rest of the Rotaplast team- အသင်းအဖွဲ့ (aasainnaahpwal) Rotaplast in Burmese . In a previous post, you met lead pediatrician Dr. Brian S... Read More »
Happy ပျြောရှငျသော – Clinic day 4 operating day 3
Naypyitaw, Myanmar
We started our day being greeted by parents telling us how happy they are that the Rotaplast team is here to help their child. So, our theme today is happy, or ပျြောရှငျသော (pyayaya... Read More »
Transformations – အသွင်ပြောင်း – Clinic day 3 and day 2 of operations
Naypyitaw, Myanmar
The theme today is transformation or အသွင်ပြောင်း – aaswinpyaungg in Burmese. As you will see in the pictures below, our Rotaplast team is helping to transform lives and help ... Read More »
Teamwork (ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်ခြင်း)- clinic day 2 and day 1 of operations
Naypyitaw, Myanmar
The theme today is teamwork- ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်ခြင်း – (puupaunggsaungrwat hkyinn)- we wouldn’t be able to do our work without the help of the enti... Read More »
မဂႆလာပၝ- Good morning and welcome to clinic day 1
Naypyitaw, Myanmar
We started our day bright and early, eager to get a start on our first clinic day. After being introduced to the wonderful hospital staff, we met the lovely (and patiently waiting) people in the lobby. We ... Read More »
In the beginning….စတင်ရန်
Naypyitaw, Myanmar
With 36 boxes full of medical supplies and 22 team members in tow, we have begun our trip to Myanmar. I am Renee Paquier – the team historian. I hope you enjoy this journey/blog as we meet the people... Read More »
Day 10 – Time to say good bye- বিদায় part 4
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Now let’s walk over to join our hosts for the closing ceremony and lunch. Hey, look who it is! It’s Sumaya and her mom and dad. Sumaya was released from the hospital today and her father, who i... Read More »
Day 10 – Time to say good bye- বিদায় part 3
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Before we leave for our last lunch with our hosts, the Rotary Club of Agrabad, let’s take one more look at some before and after pictures Hamas Jumayna Kashfeya Lamea Mahabub Read More »
Day 10 – Time to say good bye- বিদায় part 2
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Now let’s see how our patients are doing at the Post-Op Clinic!! Hi Nurse Kim and Ashriful! and say hello to couple of our nurses from The Southern Medical College Hospital, Chittagong!! and here ar... Read More »
Day 10 – Time to say good bye- বিদায় part 1
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Good morning. We are on our last day in Chittagong, Bangladesh. 🙁 We will start off our morning visiting patients from yesterday and then conducting a post-op clinic that is open to all the patients tha... Read More »
Day 9 – Operation day 7- সুন্দর- Beautiful
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Good morning and welcome back. We are on our last day of surgery and tomorrow we will be going home. As we drove in this morning and passed the beautiful hills and countryside of Chittagong, it reminded me... Read More »
Day 9 – Operation day 6- হাসি – Smiles
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Good morning and welcome back!! We are now on day 9 of our mission and our 6th day of operations. The motto of Rotaplast International Inc. is, “Saving Smiles, Changing Lives.” So I thought an ... Read More »
Day 8 – Operation day 5- আশা – Hope
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Good Morning and welcome to operation day 5!! The theme today was inspired by a group of children I saw playing cricket this morning behind the hospital. Each of them hope that one day they will be able to... Read More »
Day 7 – Operation day 4- মানুষের সেবা – Service Above Self
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Good morning! After a day of rest yesterday we are back and ready to go with operation day 4!! The theme today is, service to others which was inspired by Nurse Kim and her quote of the day for the Read More »
Day 5 – Operation day 3- শান্তি – Peace
Chittagong, Bangladesh
We are now on operation day 3!! One of our first patients gave us the peace sign right before she went in for surgery so I decided that the theme today should something that is a universal wish for all- Read More »
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Cebu City, Philippines
The final day of our Rotaplast Mission is the culmination of the incredible dedication and work by our team over the last nine days, with 69 children receiving new smiles and changed lives! On this day o... Read More »
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Cebu City, Philippines
Day nine brings a mixture of emotions as we gear up for our final day of surgeries. By day’s end, eight more children will have an opportunity for a brighter future. Our Rotaplast non-medical volunte... Read More »