MORE ABOUT KENYA SMILES, A DENTAL PREVENTIVE CARE MODEL

In a previous blog, we talked about KENYA SMILES: Improving the Oral Health of Children, A Unique preventive care model easily adapted throughout East Africa and beyond.  KENYA SMILES will be replicated throughout Kenya and other East African countries and taken next to Myanmar.

Among its activities, KENYA SMILES has delivered dental care supplies and educational materials in durable, colorful backpacks and presented oral health lessons to approximately 5000 Kenyan children.  Further, the program has provided nutrition counseling and energy-efficient cook-stoves to hundreds of mothers, health care providers, educators, and care givers in the slums of Nairobi and in rural areas near Mt. Kenya.  Professionals working with KENYA SMILES have created dental curricula in English and Swahili for use in schools, presented four mobile operatories and equipment to the Kenya Dental Association, the Nairobi School of Dental Sciences, and Meru Dental Services to treat children in underserved areas and coordinated two high level exchanges between professionals in California and Kenya.

We at Practicon stand up to cheer this major Global Grant Project of Rotary International led by RI Districts 5160 (North Central California), 9212 (Kenya), and 6150 (North and Central Arkansas).  It is our pleasure to support KENYA SMILES.  For more information, please contact Rotarians PDG Laura Day or Sheila Hurst, Ed.D., at 4kenyasmiles@gmail.com.