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So far I only have a profile on Vanuatu, am working on getting the rest so that you can see where they are going.SOUTH PACIFIC ASSOCIATION
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Dr Alan and Debra Profke have been travelling to Vanuatu for 6 years, they have a home and clinic on Aore Island where they minister to the NiVanuatu people. They spend 6 months of the year there, one month in Cleveland, Brisbane where Dr Alan has a Naturopathic Clinic and the alternate month on Aore Island. Dr Alan organises the Brisbane to Vanuatu Yacht Rally in May each year, each boat asked to carry medical supplies for the clinic on Aore and for their visiting clinics on other islands. |
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Dr Alan has been recognised and accepted by the Vanuatu Government and is licensed to practice on the Islands. The South Pacific Association Committee was registered as a charity with the Republic of Vanuatu on 9th January 2007. There are so many articles about Dr Alan Profke that it would not be possible to put them here, I have included one here from 2010 which gives some details. |
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Bandaid trip helps Vanuatu natives |
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| BY DAVID QUICK 11 Mar, 2010 01:00 AM | |||
COORANBONG sailor Theo Kuiters is about to turn his 40ft luxury yacht into a medical supply ship and needs help to stock it. He is calling for unwanted spectacles and donated Bandaids, bandages, dressings, anti fungals and antibiotic creams and ointments, tea tree oil, tea tree soap, elastoplast, bandages, antiseptic creams, and pain killers. The destination is the island of Aore in the north Pacific island chain of Vanuatu where a Queensland doctor, Dr Alan Profke and his wife Debra, run a volunteer clinic and dispensary for the impoverished natives. "The native people there are just so poor that anything we can give them is welcomed with open arms. They can't afford prescription glasses and any and all unwanted spectacles we can take to them makes a huge difference, especially for the older island residents," Mr Kuiters said. Once a year Dr Profke organises a maritime rally with a small flotilla of yachts leaving Brisbane in May carrying volunteers and donated supplies. |
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Government of Republic of Vanuatu |
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