The funds are for the assistance of victim survivors of the terrible November 2010 Water Festival Disaster. 18 victims have already been identified in the Takhmau area and treatments have commenced.
Canadian-Cambodian links in Rose Charities have always been very strong. Rose Charities Cambodia was established by one of the three founders of the ophthalmic assistance organization, Project IRIS - the Canadian Physician Grut then formed Rose to give rehabilitative surgical assistance to the poor of Cambodia and established a Surgical Center near Phnom Penh (Kien Khleang) , partly with the help of Canadian Funds. Though suffering a major looting and vandalization in 2002 the project was re-established at a more suitable Ministry of Health Hospital and is a world renowned center for surgical training and treatment. Canada and/or Canadians have also funded Rose Charities projects elsewhere in its network, notably, Vietnam ( HCMC, through the efforts generosity of Consul General Bill, and Mrs Jan Johnston) , Sri Lanka - through a CIDA grant for Post Tsunami Reconstruction and Peace Building programs, and Haiti (mainly through generous institutions in the Lower Mainland B.C).
Teaching and operative teams and individuals from Canada regularly visit the Cambodian Surgical Center. These include Operation Rainbow Canada, and Consultants, such as Dr Collin Yong from B.C's Children's Hospital (and also of the Rotaplast Organization) Many medical students from Canada (and elsewhere) spend time at the center.
The Rose Cambodia Sight Center, supported significantly also by Canadian donations has now helped 90,000 poor Cambodians since 2001.
The organizers of Rose Charities Canada would like to thanks H.E. Ambassador Hoffman for his kind support in personal presentation and interest in the Surgical Centre
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