Post Date March 23, 2015 Many Thanks to Global Grins! Every year Global Grins (http://globalgrins.org/) supplies Global Dental Relief with thousands of Nepal Sponsors 58donated toothbrushes, making it possible for each child we treat to receive a shiny new brush. Along with a brush, each child gets toothbrushing instruction and learns about the effects of sugar on their teeth. For... read more »
Lisa Sasevich is a very special sponsor of Global Dental Relief, bringing critical dental care to children. Lisa is an Inc. 500 CEO and a Sales and Marketing mentor to entrepreneurs. She brings her message to thousands of people around the world, and has twice featured GDR at her Speak-to-Sell Training Seminar, leading participants in a fundraising effort that donates... read more »
It’s Nepal packing day! With 2015’s first mobile dental clinic in Nepal less than a month away, it was time last week to pack up all our essential supplies. Global Dental Relief Co-founder Laurie Mathews and volunteer dentist Peter Vanicek assembled a stockpile of dental equipment and supplies, including two portable dental units and 4,000 donated gloves, to supplement the... read more »
14 Global Dental Relief volunteers arrived in Nepal on Friday evening, mere hours before the region was devastated by a massive earthquake. All of our volunteers are safe and in good spirits. A team of international volunteers touched down in Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday with the goal of treating hundreds of underprivileged children in a field dental clinic. They were,... read more »
Volunteering Abroad this Summer with Global Dental Relief Unique Opportunities for Families and Students One of the many wonderful aspects of the GDR volunteer experience is that it attracts a diverse group of people from a wide variety of stages in their careers. Volunteer teams are comprised not only of a mix of dental and non dental volunteers, but also... read more »
Arriving in Guatemala By Will Mateo, Global Dental Relief Country Coordinator I landed in Guatemala City late at night and arrived in nearby Antigua shortly thereafter. I was in Guatemala to help facilitate a field dental clinic for Global Dental Relief, during which volunteers from all over the United States and Guatemala would come together to provide dental care for... read more »
The Mayan Highlands of Guatemala By Will Mateo, GDR Country Coordinator Although not far as the crow flies, the trip from Antigua, Guatemala to San Martín de Jilotepque, the small town where we would be operating our field dental clinic over the next six days, took over an hour along steep, winding roads, down deep canyons but mostly up sharp,... read more »
Volunteers Caring for Children GDR volunteers have been hard at work since 2001, with more volunteer teams each year reaching a growing number of children. Over time, GDR has worked to refine both clinic practices and oral health awareness – to optimize the level and quantity of care we deliver to kids in need. Global Dental Relief’s Model of Care... read more »
Why volunteer in Cambodia? Here are our top five reasons! Cambodia was once a quick stop-over on the South East Asia tourist circuit. People came to visit the 12th century Angkor Temple complex just outside of Siem Reap, and then quickly fled to other more comfortable tourist hangouts in Vietnam and Thailand. But today Siem Reap holds its own –... read more »
Post Date November 22, 2014 Comments 3 Comments Author Global Dental Category Uncategorized Meet our Volunteers What a wonderful group of people have taken time out of their daily lives to travel to Cambodia and provide free dental care to children! Our team include brothers Patrick and Bart Roach. Bart is a dentist with a brand new practice in Washington... read more »