In 1999 Dr. Dave (Dave Jenkins) went on a charter boat trip to the Mentawais. Curious about life on the islands across the lagoon, he went to visit a local village and was shocked to find what he saw as entirely preventable and curable ailments causing high death rates, particularly among mothers and babies.
For Dave this was a life-changing moment that saw him flip his life on its head and react to this problem. He quit his high paid job, sold his house and made Surf Aid his mission.
Over the last 20 years Dr Dave has overcome a huge number of challenges to make SurfAid the great success that it is, ranging from immense language and cultural barriers to the destruction left by a string of natural disasters in the area of Indonesia in which the charity operates.
In this conversation Jim and Dave discuss:
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