Orthopaedic Outreach came into being in 1987 as the “Fijian Orthopaedic Training Program” under the Charitable Collection Act. The organisation was incorporated in 1989 and changed its name to Orthopaedic Outreach Fund in 1996, as a result of its humanitarian work now extending far beyond Fiji to include many countries in the Asia Pacific region.
VISION
Orthopaedic Outreach’s principal goal is to provide surgical training
and services to the under-developed countries to our north.
Training programs for Orthopaedic surgeons have been established
in Fiji, the Solomon’s and Papua New Guinea.
Graduates from the Orthopaedic Outreach Training Program receive a Diploma
in orthopaedic surgery, indicating that they have achieved a satisfactory
level of skill and training.
In addition, Orthopaedic Outreach provides services to many other of the Pacific Island nations, Papua New Guinea and East Timor.
A new training program is currently being established in Bali in association with the Indonesian Orthopaedic Association.
Orthopaedic Outreach is a registered international charity and is a signatory to the Australian Council for International Development.
It has been granted tax exempt status by the Australian Taxation Office and all donations to Orthopaedic Outreach are tax deductible.
It has a close working relationship with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons who administer Australian Federal Government funds for projects in the Pacific Islands and Ausaid funding to East Timor and Papua New Guinea.
THE PEOPLE
Australian orthopaedic surgeons, nurses and others give their time freely
to work and train in these under-developed countries.
Orthopaedic Outreach activities are funded entirely by donation, especially from the corporate world, Rotary and the surgeons themselves.