PROYECTO BANCO DE CATRES CLÍNICOS ROTARY HOSPITAL - BED BANK A Project of: Rotary Club Port Melbourne, R.I Rotary Donations in Kind, R.I Rotary Club Valdivia Ainil, R.I Valdivia, April 2014

ROTARY HOSPITAL- BED BANK (PROYECTO BANCO CATRES CLÍNICOS) Concretización Proyecto. Rotary Club of Port Melbourne, ‘Donations in Kind’ in Autralia and RC Valdivia-Ainil in Chile, have agreed on an ambitious project to supply hospital grade beds to permanently bed-bound and terminally ill patients living at home and in the care of their families

PROYECTO BANCO DE CATRES CLÍNICOS The project was agreed to at a conference held in Valdivia, Chile on 29 / 09 / 2013 between President Silvia López of RC Valdivia-Ainil and President Ricardo Krauskopf of RC Port Melbourne together with DG Ronald Keith Geimer, RI District 4355 (Chile) and Int. Director Fernando Meir, RC Valdivia-Ainil

PROYECTO BANCO DE CATRES CLÍNICOS Volunteers from Rotary ‘Donations In Kind’, RC Port Melbourne and members of the Chilean Community in Melbourne joined hands with many other Rotary Clubs to load beds, matresses and clothing donated by St. Vincent’s Hospital, Alfred Hospital, DIK and United Basketball.

PROYECTO BANCO DE CATRES CLÍNICOS Many hands make light work; Volunteers from RCPM, DIK and chilean community, desinfecting, packing and loading containers at Donations in Kind wharehouse in West Footscray.

PROYECTO BANCO DE CATRES CLÍNICOS In Melbourne, many members of RC Port Melbourne and students at Mac Roberston’s Girls High volunteered many hours at Bunnings BBQ’s to raise funds for the project

PROYECTO BANCO DE CATRES CLÍNICOS In Valdivia, members of RC Valdivia-Ainil and their community, likewise, grilled ‘Choripanes’ and held auctions to raise funds for the project’s cost at their end.

PROYECTO BANCO DE CATRES CLÍNICOS RC Valdivia-Ainil has identified an enormous need for hospital beds among terminally ill and permanently disabled people, living at home in the care of family. They aim to service an area of up to 1,000,000 residents.

PROYECTO BANCO DE CATRES CLÍNICOS The container, including 60 beds, mattresses and clothing finally arrives in Valdivia on 22nd. April

PROYECTO BANCO DE CATRES CLÍNICOS Members and friends get together to unload the precios cargo at the newly set- up wharehouse which is to house the ‘Banco de Catres Clinicos’.

PROYECTO BANCO DE CATRES CLÍNICOS Beds being put together at the Valdivia wharehouse

PROYECTO BANCO DE CATRES CLÍNICOS The first beds are distributed to the ‘Hogar de Ancianos San Antonio’

PROYECTO BANCO DE CATRES CLÍNICOS The oficial hand- over ceremony of the beds to Hogar San Antonio is attended by RI District 4355 Governor Ronald Keith, Pte. of Rotary Institute Zone 21 Mérida 2013 PDG. David González and Pte. of Rotary Foundation, District 4200, Ruby Rivero

PROYECTO BANCO DE CATRES CLÍNICOS Entrega Oficial Hogar San Antonio realizada por Gobernador Distrito 4355 Ronald Keith, Pte. Del Instituto Rotario Zona 21 Mérida 2013 PDG. David González y Pte. Comité Distrital de la Fundación Rotaria Distrito 4200 Ruby Rivero

PROYECTO BANCO DE CATRES CLÍNICOS A project of : Rotary Club of Port Melbourne Donations in Kind RI District 9800 Rotary Club Valdivia-Ainil Colegio de Abogados Valdivia Subvención simplificada Distrito 4355 Muchas Gracias, Thank you