Dental Care in Cambodia We love oMCM 141119 GDR Cambodia Clinic 1 47ur patients in the Cambodia clinic. Children are brought to clinic from three local primary schools and line up class by class to receive the first dental care of their lives. They light up the clinic with their smiles, excitement and avid discussion about the day. Our patients... read more »
Post Date November 26, 2014 Comments 0 Comments Author Global Dental Category Uncategorized Group Selfies at Angkor Wat In between hard work at the clinic — 660 children treated so far– volunteers take time to visit the magnificent temples of Angimagebic 3kor Wat. These monuments, built from 800 to 1400 A.D., are unrivaled in grandeur and scale in southeast Asia... read more »
The Toothbrushing Song – Cambodian Style Our time this fall in Cambodia came to a close after six hard working days in the dental clinic. As volunteers said heartfelt goodbyes to our local partners, they exited the clinic to an impromptu “concert” by children from the local school. We love these children with lovely voices and their extra effort to... read more »
As we enter the New Year, we celebrate together a new Global Dental Relief milestone — 13,000 children receiving $3 million in donated dental care in 2014. Deepest thanks to our 240 dedicated volunteers and 12 talented trip leaders. Our resolution is to reach even more children in 2015. Please make 2015 the a very special year – and join... read more »
Thank you, Arhaus! Each year, Global Dental Relief’s work is greatly expanded by the generosity of Arhaus, a company specializing in beautiful furniture with 59 stores in 22 states. A Platinum Sponsor, Arhaus donates 10 percent of proceeds from the sale of lights, chandeliers and mirrors during their two big annual sales — winter and spring. The result is a... read more »
Global Dental Relief is back in Cambodia this month, hosting 35 volunteers over the course of the next three weeks. There is a measure of alchemy that goes in to orchestrating a successful clinic. We are always a bit surprised and relieved when all of the details and logistics come together. It really does take a village to make these... read more »
Mid-way through the clinic, energetic volunteers have completed care on the first of two populations scheduled for treatment in our Cambodian dental clinic. Now comes the tricky part, getting the next set of children on the docket to the clinic. Logistics we seldom consider back home become real barriers to providing care here in the developing world. Schools neither have... read more »
What does it take to give 1,100 kids full dental care in 10 days? First of all, since this is my first blog post, let me introduce myself: my name is Will Mateo, and I’ve had the job of Country Coordinator at Global Dental Relief since this past September. I started at GDR soon after finishing my Master’s degree in... read more »
How a Global Dental clinic comes together: the incredible intangibles Even though I’d been working at the Denver headquarters for several months before traveling to Cambodia to live the volunteer experience and thought I already knew everything there was to know about our clinics, there were a number of things that really surprised and impressed me. Beginning with… The volunteers... read more »
By Laurie Mathews Today was the first day of our volunteer dental clinic in Nepal – a rich and intense day filled with the smiles of so many children. This morning our group of 15 volunteers watched the first line of children wind around the corner into view. We were treating children from the Tashi Welfare School, a local school... read more »