Currently Active Missions
The Roger Schulte “100 Sonrisas” Rotaplast 2022 Mission to Colombia
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This Rotaplast mission is dedicated to the great humanitarian, Roger Schulte who passed away on Monday, July 18 after his courageous battle with ALS ended. This member of the Rotary Club of Upland, Calif... Read More »
Day 6 – Going Home
After breakfast, several team members met with Dr. Elizondo to discuss the mission and future opportunities for Rotaplast to work with them. He expressed thanks to the Rotaplast team for coming and assis... Read More »
Day 5 – Last Day of Surgery
Several more surgeries were performed on this last day. Perhaps one of the most under-rated, yet most valuable aspects of surgery is that of anesthesia. On television and in the movies, the anesthesiolog... Read More »
Day 4 – Third Day of Surgery
After breakfast the team trekked down the hill to the hospital for another day of surgery. By now everyone was familiar with the local partners and things were really clicking. Though the mission was m... Read More »
Day 3 – Second Day of Surgery
The team performed several cleft palate surgeries. Due to the limited size of the team, as well as that of the local nursing staff, scrub technicians were substituted by mostly local medical students. ... Read More »
Day 2 – First Day of Surgery
The team enjoyed a good Mexican breakfast before walking to the hospital, which was located a convenient block and a half away from the hotel. Arriving a hospital, the team met other Casa Azul volunteers, ... Read More »
Casa Azul – Day 1
After meeting in Dallas / Fort Worth, the team traveled to Monterrey, arrived in the evening, and were met by Dr. Elizondo and two local medical students. After securing a rental van for transportation, ... Read More »
First Mission With Casa Azul
After 18 months of Covid restrictions, Rotaplast returns, cautiously, to international service work. On Wednesday, November 3rd, a carefully selected, fully vaccinated team, joined up at the Dallas-Fort Wo... Read More »
Letter from the Rotaplast Founders
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A Letter to the Rotaplast Family – When we started planning for a Rotaplast mission nearly thirty years ago, as a World Community Service Project of the Rotary Club of San Francisco, we never thought... Read More »
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Day 11- Farewells
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As we finished with the last patients and were packing up boxes, we were surprised when a luncheon was set up for us. We were under the impression that this was cancelled due to COVID. Unfortunately, n... Read More »
Day 11- The after effects
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This is our last day here (Thursday, August 4). There will be no surgeries today. Patients that were staying locally were asked to come back today for a final check of their surgical sites. For some,... Read More »