Monthly Archives: August 2012

A chair

Imagine being a trained Dental Therapist and this being your treatment room. This is the chair that patients sit in to be treated for dental pain and problems. This is all that you have at your disposal to practice your … Continue reading

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More on Rwanda

I wanted to introduce another key person Innocent and I met in Rwanda last month. Let me introduce you to Dr Kamanzi who is the president of the Rwandan Dental association. As we sat and discussed the possibility of DVP … Continue reading

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Back to Kilimakyaro

No that’s not a typo The Kilimakyaro Mountain Lodge is the place that all of our Kili teams have stayed in the day before they climb the mountain, and they return to it after the trek for their first beer, … Continue reading

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Introducing Jacqueline James

Jacqueline James has been working with the Tanzania team at Hope Dental Centre for the past two years and is now expanding her responsibilities to work part time as theĀ  Community Development Co-ordinator as well. Here she writes about her … Continue reading

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Mid-Summer

It’s been more than a while since I last blogged! I’ve just returned from a trip to the UK, a combination of work, planning and meetings, and some time to catch up with family and friends (we’ve stopped calling them … Continue reading

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DVP in Rwanda

Recently I had the amazing privilege of visiting Rwanda to explore the opportunity of taking DVP into that amazing country and working with the Ministry of health and other partners. Innocent, from the Tanzania team, and myself spent five days … Continue reading

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A favourite video

Over the past few months, we’ve been encouraging all staff members to get involved with communicating what we do every day to people outside of Bridge2Aid. It’s been fun to see what videos and pictures they have taken. This morning, … Continue reading

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Hectic but rejuvenating?

I just returned to Tanzania from a very hectic, but rejuvenating two week trip to the UK. Hectic because it was busy! Meetings every day, making action plans from those meetings while trying to keep up with my regular emails … Continue reading

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