1. Doctors seeing further
Twice the Doctor Foundation
A new concept in effective volunteering
Using heart and head
Just 1 day a year makes all the difference

2. Australian doctors are in a position to really make a difference to world health
with a programme created in Australia which may one day spread internationally
It gives you the opportunity to “virtually volunteer” one day a year and effectively be
TWICE THE DOCTOR

3. AVATARS
Robotic surgery
(avatar)
In a very real sense this African doctor can be your avatar,
but even better because he/she:
• Works while you can still do your own work
• Speaks the language and knows the local customs
• Earns a wage that feeds back into the local economy
Film avatar
With your input you can empower and enable an African doctor
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4. UNICEF in partnership with the TWICE THE DOCTOR FOUNDATION has
devised a programme to enable you to “VIRTUALLY VOLUNTEER”
You can work for a day in your own practice and effectively be
TWICE THE DOCTOR for a month
That’s using your heart and your head

5. AFRICAN DOCTOR’S WAGE
about $1,000 /month
AFRICAN NURSE’S WAGE
about $200 /month
The doctor works for a month if you work for a day because of the huge disparity
in medical workers’ salaries between Australia and much of Africa
You can work for 1 day in your
own practice, donate the
proceeds and UNICEF or The
Fred Hollows Foundation can
employ a doctor in Africa for
about 1 month or a nurse for
about 6 months

6. COSTS
Airfare and accommodation/food $6,000 $10.000 pre-tax
Lost income for 3 weeks $30,000+
TOTAL $40,000+ pre-tax
If a surgeon went to Africa for 3 weeks of volunteer work;
Could employ an African doctor for 3+ YEARS!
ie 50+ times as efficient to work here and donate!
3 weeks
3 YEARS
Donations are fully tax-deductable

7. SIERRA LEONE
Infant mortality 7.7 % die before age 1
Maternal mortality nearly 1% /live birth

8. UNICEF Health Programme in Sierra Leone
Aim reduce under 5 mortality by 1/3
Method train over 4000 health care providers
Beneficiaries 230,000 infants
1 million children under 5
460,000 pregnant and lactating women

9. Administrative and accounting
cost ? ……..6% (Australian office)
Programmes in >190 COUNTRIES
We could not have a better partner for this project. UNICEF is one of the best
known and most trusted organisations in the world.

10. 80,000 Doctors in Australia
(about half are GPs and half
specialists)
If 30% give an average of $1000
> $ 20million
This starts right here with Our Doctors kicking off the entire concept which we hope will
spread nationally. Eventually we hope to have a National Doctor’s Day where every doctor
is invited to virtually volunteer and donate the proceeds of a day’s work. The CEO of
UNICEF, Norman Gillespie believes this to be achievable. Imagine the good that we can
accomplish for world health.

11. PERSPECTIVE
$250 1 coffee / week
1 day pay for RMO for 1 year
1 Doctor for 1 week
or 1 Nurse for 1 month
1 child in a private
school for 1 week
1 Doctor for 1 month in Africa
or a Nurse for 6 months
$1000 tax
deductable
about 0.5% of a full-time
GP’s annual salary
1 day’s pay is about 0.5% of annual salary
or
or
tax deductable

12. This is all about LEVERAGE (multiplying your effect)
• Leverage of your time by volunteering for a day to employ an African doctor for a month.
• Leverage in empowering an African doctor who can treat hundreds of children rather than
donating to a single child.
• Leverage of your colleagues in N.S.W. who are more likely to participate if you are involved.
• Leverage of a successful NSW campaign on other doctors and eventually other colleagues
nationally.

13. This is all about LEVERAGE
• Leverage on the overall effect on health and well-being in the African community
as the salary of the doctor feeds back into the local economy.
• Leverage to inspire similar programmes by doctors in other developed countries.
e.g UK, Canada, USA
• Leverage to inspire other professions to engage in similar programmes. Dentists,
psychologists, engineers and legal representatives are all required in the
developing world.
(multiplying your effect)

14. FAQs
Q How is this different from just another donation?
A The programme is to train and empower health care workers so it’s really as if
THEY ARE WORKING THERE FOR YOU INSTEAD OF YOU GOING THERE YOURSELF
.
It is therefore a lot more like true volunteering but, unless you have a specifically required
skill, happens to be a lot more efficient and effective than you actually going.
.
(SCEPTIC)

15. FAQs
Q Doesn’t charity begin at home?
A This whole concept is about efficiency and ‘bang for your buck’.
A doctor’s salary for a year in Africa is about $12,000. To pay for a doctor in
outback Australia for a year is over $250,000
(SCEPTIC)

16. So why join us and volunteer for 1 day a year?
• Do a great service for the people of Sierra Leone who desperately need medical care.
• Boost your job satisfaction and self-esteem by volunteering in this incredibly effective way.
This is cheap insurance against burn-out.
• Set an example to inspire your colleagues to act similarly thereby potentially greatly
amplifying your effect. This is a pyramid scheme where the payout is measured in the good
you can achieve.
So why not use your heart and your head to be TWICE THE DOCTOR
Can you think of a better way?

17. because around the
globe…
…every life is a life

18. TOTAL 300 DOCTORS
ANOTHER 170= RMOs!
And 100+SPECIALISTS
and 20+ GPs

19. CAN WE SUCCEED?
JUDI HAUSMANN- Director of Hausmann Communications- one of the largest PR firms in Australia
ANTHONY WILSON-Director of Executive Influence
NORMAN GILLESPIE- CEO of UNICEF Australia
ANTONIA RUFFELL- CEO of Australian Philanthropic Services
DR NORMAN SWAN- has offered to interview us for National radio.
MEDIQ Financial – has offered to do our accounting pro bono.
WESPAC- has offered to sponsor talks
INVESTEC- has offered to help disseminate information
Here are just some of our supporters

20. CERTIFICATE OF
APPRECIATION
for your participation in the inaugural TWICE THE DOCTOR
initiative
That’s using your heart and your head
Awarded to

21. To “sign on” or for more info.
Contact Rob Baume 0414563666
43236355
drbaume@bigpond.com