2012 Yasawa Islands Dental/Medical Mission

video by Lynne Scannell, MD

"Voices for the Village" a huge success!
140  'Loloma Angels" created a magical evening, making their "voices" sing.
by Bob Sykes

The Birch Aquarium in La Jolla was the site of the Loloma Foundation's gala fundraiser and auction on September 10th.

Led by volunteers Lucy Skerrett, Beatrice Firm, Rich Kwasny, Gay Sutherland, Bryanne Hill-Sykes, and board members Linda Kwasny, "J.J." Komadina, Bob Sykes and Lance Hendricks the 140 guests, ate, drank, had a wonderful timeand made an an extraordinary impact on the less fortunate people of the South Pacific with their generosity.

Photos of "Voices of the Village"

Board member Linda Kwasny was  enthusiastic stating, "The genorsity of our guests and donors allows us to continue to fund our work in the South Pacific. We feel very confident that we can run all three volunteer missions, send over 1000 loaded backpacks, enhance our scholarship fund, provide toothbrushes for all three medical/dental missions,  purchase the 5 pages of medical supplies that we need to buy AND pay for container shipment.  We are grateful to each of you for enabling the realization of our 2012 goals. "

Donors

Natuvu Creek January 22-31 2011
Natuvu Creek Volunteer Blog
by Linda Kwasny

On January 20, 2011, 32 of our finest medical practioners and volunteersl departed for the Fiji Medical mission at Natuvu Creek on Vanua Levu, the second largest island in Fiji.

Our volunteer team spent ten days working at providing free medical care to the large, rural Fijian community in the north of Fiji. 

The team consisted of:

• Five dentists who will perform general dentistry
• Two optometrists who dispensed glasses, readers and sun glasses
• An orthopedic surgeon performed reconstructive surgery
• A plastic surgeon who performed reconstructive surgery
• A cataract surgeon who performed cataract surgery
• A general medical team consisting of two women's specialists, a pediatrician and an internist who conducted daily clinics.

Click for 1st person observations of the adventure