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Charity News
31st January 2012
Prue Preston, one of our Smiles & Hopes ambassadors, will shortly be travelling to Mwanza, Tanzania.
While she is there, she will be visiting the orphanages which we help to provide oral health care for. This trip is to give toothbrushes and toothpaste to each of the orphans staying in the...
14th December 2011
Timor Leste, formerly East Timor, is located in the Indonesian Islands just north of Western Australia. Hard to get to but beautiful once you’re there Timor Leste has a recent history of civil war. One of the legacies of this conflict has been a dwindling number of dentists and doctors to...
25th November 2011
This year King’s College London was shortlisted for two categories in the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Awards, held at a gala ceremony at Grosvenor House Hotel on Thursday 24th November.
KCL and the Global Child Dental Fund were shortlisted for Outstanding Contribution to...
30th September 2011
On September 16, 2011, worldwide leaders in dentistry and public health gathered at the FDI Annual World Dental Congress in Mexico City to kick-off the Mexican chapter of the Alliance. The Mexican chapter of the Alliance is joining the global movement towards a cavity-free future,...
30th August 2011
The Thailand Taskforce met in August to plan their activities for the next three years. This was followed by a meeting of the Cambodia Taskforce in Phnom Penh to review their successful Smiles & Hopes orphanage programme. Professor Raman Bedi was able to deliver over 450...
30th August 2011
Anna, Ektaa and Ria, three dental students from Leeds Dental Institute, travelled to Vietnam and Cambodia in Summer 2011 as part of their elective. Having raised money from family and friends, as well as sponsorship from GlaxoSmithKline and Integrated Dental Holdings, they volunteered on the Smiles...
