The ROMAC program: Managing complex "family" crisis projects in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific

Sankaran, S

The ROMAC program: Managing complex "family" crisis projects in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific

Sankaran, S

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Citation:: 58th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, ISSS 2014, 2014
Issue Date:: 2014-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Sankaran, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5485-6216	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	58th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, ISSS 2014, 2014	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/121281
dc.description.abstract	This paper describes, discusses and comments on the Rotary Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) program and its constituent projects supported by the Rotary Organisations in Australia and New Zealand from a crisis management and recover. The crisis faced by the children cared for by ROMAC cannot be compared to disasters as we know them (natural disasters such as earthquakes or manmade disasters such as nuclear accidents or humanitarian disasters such as an epidemic). The authors would like to classify ROMAC projects as 'family disasters' for children and their families from developing countries who need lifesaving or dignity restoring surgery and treatment. These families cannot find facilities to for such treatment nor afford to be treated abroad. There is much that the project management field can learn from the ROMAC programs and projects in dealing with crises and disasters.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	58th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, ISSS 2014	en_US
dc.title	The ROMAC program: Managing complex "family" crisis projects in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific	en_US
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Abstract:

This paper describes, discusses and comments on the Rotary Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) program and its constituent projects supported by the Rotary Organisations in Australia and New Zealand from a crisis management and recover. The crisis faced by the children cared for by ROMAC cannot be compared to disasters as we know them (natural disasters such as earthquakes or manmade disasters such as nuclear accidents or humanitarian disasters such as an epidemic). The authors would like to classify ROMAC projects as 'family disasters' for children and their families from developing countries who need lifesaving or dignity restoring surgery and treatment. These families cannot find facilities to for such treatment nor afford to be treated abroad. There is much that the project management field can learn from the ROMAC programs and projects in dealing with crises and disasters.

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