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Restoring Smiles - Changing Lives
A dental & development charity working towards a world free from dental pain
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Wanting To Make A Difference Is there more behind the 4 walls of the surgery? What else is out there as a dental professional? Dr Ian Wilson discusses the opportunities available to allow professional dental skills to make a substantial impact on the lives of communities in developing nations. |
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| Volunteering With A Difference Dr Ian Wilson shares thoughts on how best to volunteer in developing nations in a sustainable approach that complements what already exists in remote communities. |
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| Pain Prevalence "Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane!" Martin Luther King Jr Dr Ian Wilson talks about the inequality of care for rural areas of developing nations which results in thousands of people being unable to access oral health services creating lives in pain. |
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| NGO Values NGOs and charities have to take a hard look at the way they operate to ensure that in their programmes complement the existing government strategy, that they create and maintain healthy partnerships with local leaders, organisations and government, that they focus on training and not just the curative approaches, and that they aim to build beyond themselves! Dr Ian Wilson shares his thoughts. |
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| Matwas Dr Ian Wilson shares the story of a man who should have never had to suffer in the way he did and what alternatives Bridge2Aid are helping to provide. |
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| Inappropriate Volunteering "NGOs and their volunteers can be important contributors to the aim of provision of oral health if they choose appropriate interventions and activities." Implementation of a Basic Package of Oral Care Dr Ian Wilson states that the ultimate goal of NGOs should be to make a contribution towards training of local health workers who can continue with the care after the departure of the volunteers in accordance with studies such as the Basic Package of Oral Care. |
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| Growth Of Team It's not what we achieve individually that matters but how we inspire others to share our journey to bring about sustainable change. Dr Ian Wilson shares his thoughts and Bridge2Aid’s passion. |
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| DVP Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, BUT teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime, and not only him but his immediate family and wider community as he teaches others to do the same. Dr Ian addresses the inequity of oral health services in Tanzania and outlines the Dental Volunteer Programme which works in partnership with government to empower remote communities by training local health workers in emergency dentistry. |
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| B2A History Ordinary people with a passion and a dream can make an extraordinary difference. Dr Ian Wilson shares the story of how Bridge2Aid began - with two people meeting in the middle of rural Tanzania with a ‘calling’ to make a difference. And now Bridge2Aid involves hundreds who together share the same passion and conviction to make a difference in the lives of thousands bringing hope, dignity and pain relief. |
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Bridge2Aid is a UK Registered Charity - No 1092481