On the eve of the Siem Reap-Angkor Summit on a Mine-Free World, marchers from many organisations gathered to reinforce the aims of this important event.
Representatives from Exceed Worldwide, including community worker Lim Eng, who is a landmine survivor, joined the 5 kilometre walk from Angkor Wat to the Elephant Gate in the spectacular setting of the Angkor temple complex.
Other marchers included de-miners, members of the Cambodian peace keeping corps and youth groups.
Delegates to the Siem Reap-Angkor summit gathered in the Angkor temple complex on the night before the Convention.
Sisary Kheng, Cambodia Country Director and Carson Harte, CEO, were among the representatives from Exceed Worldwide.
The Fifth Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) takes place in Cambodia from 25-29 November 2024. Exceed Worldwide representatives will attend this important event, contribute to it and exhibit the organisation’s range of physical rehabilitation services.
Look out for further coverage from Exceed as the conference progresses and the following pictures illustrate some of our preparations.
The President of the Conference will be Cambodian Senior Minister H.E. Ly Thuch, First Vice President of the Cambodia Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority, who will oversee a planned review of the operation and status of the Convention.
The APMBC is a generally successful international treaty, which has greatly reduced the production and use of anti-personnel mines and the Siem Reap-Angkor Summit provides an opportunity to place renewed focus on the Convention and the mine action sector, which have done much to reduce human suffering across the globe.
Exceed P&O, Manila – Exceed’s social enterprise in the Philippines - is attending the 75th Annual National Convention of the Philippine Orthopaedic Association (POA).
This major event, from 13 to 16 November 2024, marks the Diamond Jubilee of the POA and takes place in the Edsa Shangri La hotel, Manila at the Ortigas Centre, Mandaluyong City.
The Convention is attended by a large number of orthopaedic specialists and other medical professionals and Exceed P&O will be exhibiting the extensive range of high quality prosthetic and orthotic devices and professional services provided by the company.
Look out for further event coverage on Exceed social media over the next few days.
A message from our CEO Carson Harte:
Reflecting on International day of Prosthetics and Prosthetics we concentrate on the enormous asset we have created at Exceed.
Expert personnel.
Investing in a young person and giving them solid clinical skills equips them to apply biomechanics, tissue mechanics, psychology and solid hand skills. Prosthetist Orthotists and PO Technicians are the most critical part of this health care pathway. Without knowledgeable and dedicated professionals, nothing works. Apple and Microsoft discovered that good software creates solutions. Such is it for PO. Our people ARE our software. They have to be compassionate, professional, efficient and - above all else - 'user friendly'.
And they are!
As I watch my young colleagues as they interact with clients young and old. I see the outworking of international training standards, hard fought for and hard won. We have a great operating system. So lets put this international day into our diary every year, and use it as a moment to recognise and celebrate our profession and the impact it makes in the world.
