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President:
Hervé Rochecouste
Vice
President:
Gilbert Clark
Treasurer:
Jimmy Walter
Secretary:
Monique
Cavalot
Assistant Secretary
Marlène Tessman
Hospital
Coordinator
Fritz Herry
Foster Parent Coordinator
May Herry
Functions Coordinator
Henrico Gontran
Chantal Felix
Cynthia Moirt
Mauritius Australia
Connection
Recipes from Mauritius
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About
SACIM (Aus) Inc.
ABN 23 058 026 816
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SACIM
(Vic) is a volunteer organisation that started in Australia in
1973 to provide Life Saving operations in Australian Hospitals
to children from Mauritius who could not be treated in their
home country.
The organisation is affiliated to SACIM in Mauritius who
identifies the cases and prepares the children to be sent
overseas to several countries for major medical care. In
Australia the role of SACIM is to establish contact with
hospitals and medical personnel, to welcome the children as they
arrive, provide foster parenting for the duration of their
stays, admit them to hospital, visit and comfort them during the
stressful time and also care for them until they can go home.
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SACIM
Committee Members
Top Row: Fritz Herry, Gilbert Clark, Henrico Gontran, Jimmy
Walter
Front Row: Chantal Felix, May Herry, Marlene Tessman, Monique
Cavalot, Cynthia Moirt and Herve Rochecouste.
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The
hospitals and medical professionals in Australia provide their
services on a volunteer basis as much as possible, but there are
some costs that cannot be waived. Depending on the case, the
costs can vary between $10,000 and $50,000 and sometimes more.
Those costs are paid for by funds raised by SACIM
supporters.
Over the past 30 years SACIM has cared for over 240 children
from Mauritius in Australia. Every single case was complex. More
recently SACIM in Australia has been able to sponsor Specialist
Doctors from Australia to travel to Mauritius and perform
operations there. In some cases this has proved to be a more
effective way of caring for the children.
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To find out more about SACIM, or to join the organisation, please call the
Secretary on +61 3 9799 0895 or email
Herve
Rochecouste
Latest
Newsletter (Double click to download)
Governance
The SACIM Aus Committee meets regularly once a month and operates under
a structured agenda and maintains minutes and records of all
meetings and decisions. The SACIM accounts are maintained in compliance
with the Accounting Standards in Australia and the Corporations
Regulations 2001. The accounts are externally audited every year and
presented to financial members at each AGM at the end of August every
year. SACIM Vic has a published constitution and obtained its
Certificate of Incorporation with Corporate Affairs Victoria in 2001.
SACIM Vic files a return every financial year. The audited financial
statement for 2004-2005 are attached at the end of this brief.
Operation
SACIM Vic receives children from Mauritius for treatment at the Royal
Children’s and Sunshine Hospitals. The children are assessed in
Mauritius by SACIM Mauritius by a Means Test and Medical Criteria, and
once they are declared “inoperable”, they are prepared for treatment in
several overseas countries, including Australia.
In Melbourne SACIM Vic organizes all the support necessary for the child
before, during and after the treatment, and funds the medical costs. The
support includes providing Foster Parent Care to host the child in a
family environment and alleviate the trauma associated with major
surgery. The children are picked up at the airport when they arrive and
cared for in the Foster Parents’ home until admission to the hospital.
The children also return to the Foster family after surgery and stay
there for any further treatment and rehabilitation until they are ready
to fly back to Mauritius.
Over the past 3 years SACIM has also been greatly assisted by volunteer
medical specialists from Melbourne, led by Professor Paddy Dewan, who
have travelled to Mauritius to perform operations there. The specialists
have also trained medical personnel in Mauritius Hospitals. SACIM Vic
has partly funded the trips. Professor Dewan and his team from the
Kind Cuts for Kids organization
have operated on over 200 critical cases in Mauritius over the past 5
years. This is an outstanding achievement.
Fundraising
SACIM Vic derives 100% of its finances from fundraising activities
organized by the committee. The fundraising scope includes one major
raffle, several dances and dinner functions, a yearly Pétanque
tournament, and donations from members and supporters.
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