Make your impact

Ways you can volunteer

No matter your background or available time, there's a volunteer role that fits. Explore the options below and find where you can make the biggest difference.

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Medical professionals

Surgeons, nurses and allied health professionals provide life saving treatment. Volunteer through your hospital or offer consultations to assess patient needs.

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Host families

Open your home to a child and their carer during treatment. You'll help provide accommodation, meals and support during their recovery journey.

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Rotary clubs

Rotary clubs coordinate patient activities and transport, connect with host families and raise funds. Your club can become a hosting partner.

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Community support

Help with fundraising events, patient transport, administrative tasks or awareness campaigns. Every contribution, big or small, makes a real impact.

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Our volunteers

Volunteers are the heart of ROMAC

Every child we help gets there because volunteers like you make it happen.
Since 1988, our entirely volunteer-run model means 100% of every dollar goes directly to patient care. No salaries, no administrative costs - just people who believe every child deserves a chance at a healthy life.

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Volunteer Stories

Opening our home changed our family forever

"Welcoming a ROMAC child into our home is one of the most rewarding experiences of our lives. Language and food differences were sometimes a challenge but easily managed with patience and understanding - sometimes using the local high school teachers who teach that particular language.

We were reminded that our lifestyle and technology, often taken for granted, can be overwhelming at first. Sharing in the child's healing journey and seeing their courage deeply touched our hearts. We stay in contact with many families and love following each child's progress."

Anita Robinson, Eastern Region Chair

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Volunteer Stories

Helping with ROMAC has helped to fill a void in my life...

Helping with ROMAC has helped to fill a void in my life, however the words satisfying and gratifying are not appropriate. It is a reality check when you realise how sick the children are and you do live through their surgery with a nervous anticipation. There is delight as you take them out and realise how their well-being has improved. And then there is a degree of regret as they return to their home country. Not because you are sad to see them go it is more about the environment that they are returning to and how fortunate we are to be living in New Zealand

Bruce Morrison, North Harbour Rotary

Become a host family

Open your home as a host family

Host families provide a safe, welcoming home for a child and their carer during treatment. It's a meaningful way to be part of a child's healing journey.

We know opening your home is a big commitment. Here's what you can expect when you volunteer as a host family, from arrival to the support we provide throughout their stay.

Meeting the hosting requirements
Your role with ROMAC's support
Patient support during treatment
Working with your ROMAC team
Become a host club

Your club can host a patient

Hosting clubs coordinate aspects of a child's treatment journey, from arrival to departure. It's a leadership role that brings your community together for an incredible cause.

Your club will work with medical professionals, host families and our team to ensure everything runs smoothly. Here's what's involved.

Hosting rewards
How you can help

Help us change another child's life

Every donation brings hope to a child waiting for life saving surgery.

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