Some guidelines for collecting goods for use overseas are included in the Procedures Manual. A summary of these guidelines is provided below: it
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Educational Goods  |  Hospital Equipment  |  Pharmaceuticals & Medical Supplies

Applicable duty guideline for Fiji (August 2011) Download information

 

 

 

Educational Goods:

Books and educational equipment are possibly the easiest of the donated goods to place in the developing countries in the South Pacific Region. 

The following guidelines should be adhered to in the collection, sorting, packing and dispatching of educational equipment.

  • All material, although it has previously been used, must have an obvious useful life left. 
  • All books must be complete and free of graffiti, sorted into like categories, packed and sealed into cartons and the cartons labeled with the contents,
  • All books of a controversially religious or pornographic nature should be discarded.
  • The following categories of books are in demand;
    • Primary school text books;
    • Secondary school text books (language books, apart from English, are of no use);
    • Encyclopedias;
    • Reference books;
    • Medical books;
    • Trade manuals;
    • Light reading (eg:  weekly magazines)
    • Paper back novels;
    • Library books;
    • National Geographics; and
    • Children’s books.
  • Basic school supplies, such as pencils, biros, erasers, rulers and chalk are urgently required.   Rotary Clubs should contact their local schools to encourage students to donate these partly used school supplies at the end of the school terms. 
  • Other school items such as desks, chairs and blackboards are urgently needed.   
  • Sporting equipment is needed for the schools in these developing countries. 
  • Computers are required for the schools, hospitals and the police service in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. 
    All computers should be complete with monitors and key boards and must have an obvious useful life left.

 

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Hospital Equipment

Hospitals in the Islands in the South Pacific Region are mostly of a third world standard and urgently require basic equipment. Equipment supplied through Donations in Kindmust be serviceable and appropriate for use in these hospitals and have an obvious useful life left.

The following is some of the basis hospital equipment that is urgently required;

    • Hospital beds of all types;
    • Mattresses and bed linen;
    • Bedside lockers;
    • Overbed tables;
    • Hospital patient trolleys;
    • Medicine trolleys;
    • Operating theatre tables;
    • Small sterilisers and autoclaves;
    • Wheelchairs small wheels are urgently required for maintenance of the wheelchairs already in use);
    • Crutches and walking frames;
    • Bedpans, kidney dishes, etc.

Prior to dispatch of any electrical or electronic equipment, confirmation needs to be sought through the local Rotary Club that the recipient of the equipment has the technical skills required to install, maintain and operate the equipment.

Electrical or electronic equipment should be checked and if necessary serviced by a qualified person.  Only equipment in excellent condition that has the operational manuals attached should be dispatched

Ensure that the required licences and permits are in place in accordance with the appropriate legislation for the storage and handling of the above equipment.  Most states and territories within Australia require a licence for the storage, handling and disposal of x-ray equipment.

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Pharmaceuticals and Medical Supplies:

Most of the third world countries in the South Pacific Region are now adopting the World Health Organisation Guidelines for donated drugs.   Donations of drugs often cause problems by large supplies of unsuitable drugs being delivered and creating sorting and disposal problems.

  • The most suitable way to providing drugs for overseas countries is often to donate money and allow these areas to buy drugs from an appropriate supplier.
  • Items such as sutures, dressings, etc are in short supply in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands and can be easily placed.

 

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