Hartlepool Dental Worker Providing Dental Care In Uganda

Mon, 08 Nov 2010

A Dental therapist has flown out to Uganda to help improve dental care and education in rural villages.

Joanne Brown, who works at Hartlepool-based Elliott McCarthy Dental Care, has joined up with four other North-East-based dental professionals as part of a 10-strong team that will spend the next two weeks running a series of mobile dental clinics in the villages of Kumi and Mbale, in Eastern Uganda.

Locals will be offered routine dental treatment and given lessons on oral hygiene and oral health .

In order to take part in the Christian Relief trip, Joanne had to raise enough money to cover the costs of flights, accommodation, visas and vaccinations.

In the end she managed to collect more than £1,000 to through a number of fundraising events and collections taken at the reception of her employer’s Elliott McCarthy Dental Care .

The 37-year-old said: "A good friend of mine, who I met while I was studying at university, was part of a team that went on a mission earlier this year."

"The stories she told about the difference such a trip can make really made me want to be part of the next Christian Relief Uganda Dental Mission and help put a smile on the faces of people."

Christian Relief Uganda's missions aim to help the country’s dental staff offer treatment in remote rural areas by providing them with the necessary resources.
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