LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!
Time Is Donated By Those Who Simply
Want To Help Other Human Beings
Last year Dr. Larry Nichter was in
Denver, CO to attend the 20th Annual Denver International Film
Festival. Interplast International, Inc., a nonprofit organization
was featured in a thirty-minute documentary titled "A Story of
Healing." (See related story).
Interplast sends volunteer medical
teams to developing nations to provide free reconstructive surgery
to children and adults with deformities. Colorado-based Dewey-Obenchain
Films produced the documentary after traveling with an Interplast
medical team to An Giang and Dong Thap, Vietnam last year. Dr.
Nichter was the leader of this team and the film company documented
his trip -- fascinated by his caring, nurturing and loving ways
in which he helped the Vietnamese people to improve/repair their
injuries and deformities. Not only did they document his trip
but they followed him back to Orange County to get an idea of
what a regular day was like with his patients at The Center.
Those who travel to these developing
nations do so out of their own pocket. All supplies, equipment
and time are donated by those who simply want to help other
human beings, with no material gain. Travel to these countries
can be exhausting but Dr. Nichter says, "The smile that I see
on a child that I have just helped, the look in his eyes when
he sees himself in the mirror -- that's all the reward I need".
The film festival included 130
films from around the world. Our hats are off to you Dr. Nichter
for your selfless efforts.
Interplast is a non-profit
organization which relies solely on charitable donations and
volunteers. If you would like to contribute to this foundation,
further information and copies of this video are available by
calling our office.
