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Tooth Camp at Bethany: On Monday the 23rd August Bethany hosted a ‘tooth camp’ run by Bridge2Aid (www.bridge2aid.org). A few days before, we cleaned up our large 80 seater dining room, repainted it inside and out as well as doing minor repairs and fitting new bigger bulbs for the big day. We advertised the day with 10 posters in the surrounding villages inviting anyone with tooth problems to visit to receive free treatment. Early on Monday morning the people started to arrive most holding their mouths in a great deal of pain. We started up our small generator and ran it all day to supplement the solar power, as the sterilisers use a great deal of electricity. Soon after 9-o-clock the Bridge2Aid team arrived and set up their medical equipment and sterilisers. They were a very welcome site for our 60 plus group of villagers who were eagerly yet apprehensively awaiting. Soon after 9.30 the room was ready and so was the team consisting of Ian Wilson (dentist in charge) with his wife Andie (who served as a volunteer at Bethany for two years in 1994/5) assisted by 3 dental students from Bristol University; Carla Fleming, Jonathan Gollings and Ediz Cakin. Bethany provided 3 volunteers for translation; Onesmo Malundi, Daniel Bujiku and Eliada Magotti and also supplied a little food and clean water. The team worked very hard with just a short break for lunch and left at about 6pm after seeing 64 patients, extracting 104 teeth and to finish the day the children sang a couple of songs, ‘In the Jungle’ and ‘Nagalolela’. We wish to thank the Bridge2Aid team for all the suffering they relieved on that day on behalf of all those who received treatment a very big thank you. A special thank you to all those who support Bridge2Aid financially - your money has been well spent. We at Bethany were just glad to be able to host such an event and hope that we can host another tooth camp in the future some time. Click here for more pictures.
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