Category Archives: Mark’s thoughts

Words and pictures

It was fantastic to have our 25th DVP (Dental Volunteer Programme) dental training team with us a couple of weeks ago. I was fortunate enough to visit the team working in Geita District – a very poor part of the … Continue reading

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Win a trip to East Africa at the Dentistry Show

Next week we will be at the Dentistry Show at the NEC in Birmingham again. The show has quickly grown to become one of the main events in the dental calendar and I’m delighted that we are going to be … Continue reading

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Not just another 2 week volunteer programme

I posted a couple of weeks ago from Dodoma – the capital city of Tanzania and the site of our first dental training programme outside Mwanza in the north west where we started work 7 years ago. We sent a … Continue reading

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Full Circle

This week we took on two new team members in Tanzania to help manage the growth in what we are doing here. It has left me without an office within the office, so I am moving back to work from … Continue reading

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It’s not about you (or me)

This week’s post is a V-log recorded in Dodoma, central Tanzania.   Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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There is never enough time…

I’d love to have written this, but credit goes to Seth Godin, one of my favourite bloggers: There is never enough time – you just have to decide. Simple, obvious, brilliant. Read it again… I came back from a fantastic … Continue reading

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It is what you do AND the way that you do it

This week we released a video with the aim of helping people to explain what we do, and why we do it. I am delighted with the results that Jem Patel and JSP Media have come up with. When we … Continue reading

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Ducks on the pond

If you followed our ’12 days of Christmas’ on Facebook, you’ll know that last year was an incredible one for Bridge2Aid. Together with our donors and volunteers, a huge amount was achieved right across the organisation. We trained 47 Clinical … Continue reading

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What ships are built for

Happy New Year! This week’s blog is a V-Log with some thoughts on the year ahead.   Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to … Continue reading

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Four reasons I believe we get results

For a while now we’ve been putting together little movies with testimonials from our returning volunteers. If you haven’t seen one yet, I recommend having a look. By the way it wasn’t my rubbish camera work or editing that inspired … Continue reading

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