Loloma Foundation eNewsletter
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Issue 4 Loloma Foundation Newsletter   VOLUME 1 ISSUE 4  
CONTENTS
Direct Relief International partners with the Loloma team on their January relief mission.
Loloma Foundation Needs your Donation
Letters from "The Edge of the World"
Why Fiji?
Notes From Vuniwai.
Images and Music from our January medical mission.
Fijian Ambassador thanks Loloma
Cast of Characters
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Direct Relief International partners with the Loloma team on their January relief mission.
by Susan Fowler

Susan Fowler at Fiji clinic Susan Fowler, Projects Director for Direct Relief International, joined the team in January and Direct Relief donated a medical container valued in excess of $300.000. Read Susan’s report on the Direct Relief International web site. Read Report
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Images and Music from our January medical mission.
Photos by Terry Hollady
by Terry Holladay

Loloma volunteer and professional tennis legend Terry Holladay was a huge part Loloma's latest venture. From driving a truck to "begging", to these  photos that give us a sense of the success and importance of January's trip.
Vinaka Vaka Levu Terry.
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Why Fiji?
Why I spend my time thousands of miles from home?
by Maria Barret

Maria and baby January 2007 Maria Barret, a medical technician from New York, explains why she chose to helo Fiji.

Everyone asks me why I went to Fiji. My intention was to make a difference in people’s lives by participating in an organization that genuinely cared for others. But how does one know unless one sees this care firsthand, right? So that’s why….Fiji. What I wasn’t prepared for was that the people we were helping actually had an immense impact on me, even though I was there for only a short period, especially the children. They are the most gentle, most beautiful people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting.
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Notes From Vuniwai.
Medical Director Lance Hendricks gives a "blow by blow" of his January Loloma Foundation trip.
by Dr. P. Lance Hendricks

Dr. Lance Hendricks presents oximeter to CWM Loloma Foundation Team Visit to Fiji. Jan. 6 – 30, 2007 Linda Kwasny and I arrived at LAX on Jan 6th with six large cartons of materials that had inadvertently been left out of the container sent from LA harbor in November, 2006. Air Pacific graciously flew these for free to Fiji on our flight. We arrived at Nadi Airport at 5AM on Monday the 8th and by 7AM had transferred all our bags and boxes and were boarding the Air Fiji flight to Suva. Air Fiji also graciously flew the extra cartons to Suva for free.
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"Heard on the Coconut Telegraph"

"From The Archives" Loloma's Defining Video
A Look at Loloma 3 Years ago!
by Bob Sykes

Packing Loloma's Container

This Video, The Loloma Foundation shows and explains the origins of our small foundation: The Lalati Resort Clinic, the Schools on Beqa Island, etc.  The bottom line: a group of people bound together by the love and enchantment of the people of Fiji. Take 10 minutes out of your busy day and join our adventure.


  
Get "Very Cool" Loloma "Stuff" at the Loloma Store
Send a gift that gives to the people of Fiji, a Loloma Mug, teeshirt or ball cap.
Visit the Loloma Store and every purchase you make goes to help our efforts in Fiji and the South Pacific.
  
Cast of Characters
Who participated in the January Loloma Medical Mission?
by Bob Sykes

Loloma team on the way to clinic With each trip to the South Pacific The Loloma Foundationbecomes connext with more committed. wonderful. gifted people.  The following is por "Cast of Characters" for January 2007.
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Fijian Ambassador thanks Loloma
by J Vitusagavulu

J Vitusagavulu Fiji's Ambassador to the United States Vinaka na loloma – Loloma Foundation The Loloma Foundation team that visited Fiji in January this year has left behind a lot of very grateful people. Reading Lance’s report on the visit I cannot help but feel a deep sense of gratitude for all the help they provided my people.
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Loloma Foundation Needs your Donation
Every dollar helps the less fortunate of the South Pacific

Donate Now
We need your help to pay for some of our “hard” expenses clearing the containers in Fiji. Whatever you can donate at www.lolomafoundation.org/donate will make a significant difference.

All donations are tax deductible and transactions are secure through Verisign. Donations go directly to help the needy in the South Pacific. There are no “administrative” fees and all team members pay their own way for each Loloma undertaking.
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Letters from "The Edge of the World"
Final Chapter
by Linda Kwasny

Sharon Rippner gives the gift of cxlear vision In our last newsletter Linda Kwasny told of her adventures during the early part of Loloma's January trip.  Take a moment to read the conclusion of the adventure.

Thursday, January 18th
 All planes departed and arrived on time domestically and internationally to bring everyone to Fiji with the exception of our quintessentially pale dermatologist, Janet DuBois who was grounded in Austin waiting out an ice storm. 
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Published by Bob Sykes
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The Loloma Foundation is a non-profit 501(c) (3) entity that was formed to support the heavily burdened medical/dental and educational systems already in place in island nations of The South Pacific. The Foundation is authorized by the IRS to accept tax-deductible financial contributions. 		TELL A FRIEND
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