Author Archives: Tara

Blog from GG Communications

Gemma Godman, Director of GG Communications is visiting us in Mwanza right now with a fellow director, David Barker. Also visiting is Kimberley Finlayson who is the Commerce Director at FMC – that’s the dental publishing company behind Dentistry Magazine. … Continue reading

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Growth and change

Mark wrote about growth and how cracks can appear during growth last week in his blog post, how they are an inevitable part of change and it makes the organisation stronger. It made me think about my life and Bridge2Aid  … Continue reading

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Don’t regret missing a chance

Elaine Warner writes this Guest Blog about her experience on our Dental Volunteer Programme in June of 2012. Elaine is a therapist who volunteered on the Nursing team. Thanks Elaine! I have had one of the most wonderful experiences of … Continue reading

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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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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 the  Community Development Co-ordinator as well. Here she writes about her … 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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Not a holiday

I don’t often get out to see DVP in action; there’s always something that needs to be taken care of at the office, or in town, preparing for the next event. But in June, because Sally-Anne, our UK Visits Coordinator, … Continue reading

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Nutty about The Apprentice

Maybe I’ve watched ‘The Apprentice’ too much but I can’t help but be inspired by the way that everyone learns from the experience of going out and designing a product or making a sale with little experience of the market … Continue reading

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Guest Vlog

It’s always great to talk to our volunteers during and after a DVP programme to get their opinions of it all. Here, Dr Stuart Cripps talks about why he keeps coming out to volunteer with us! Bookmark on Delicious Digg … Continue reading

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