2020 threw us and other charities many challenges, not the least of which was being unable to take part in visits overseas or attend face-to face meetings and conferences. In November 2020 we teamed up with ProDentalCPD and ran a 2-day virtual conference, titled ‘Global Remote and Rural Healthcare – How Can We Do It […]
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As you know, Bridge2Aid and Dentaid work closely together to help people who are suffering the misery of untreated toothache. While both charities are, unfortunately, unable to run overseas volunteering trips at this time, Dentaid has volunteering opportunities across the UK for people who want to help those in greatest need.
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At the end of July 2021 Bridge2Aid was invited to join a stakeholder workshop with the World Health Organisation. Invited as experts in developing training programmes in remote and rural Africa, the workshop was attended by our Operations Manager, Paul Tasman, plus our colleagues Andrew Patterson, Rob Dyas and Martha Chipanda.
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If someone mentions fundraising for a charity does your heart sink as your thoughts drift to Skydiving or running a marathon? If you’re nodding your head, we absolutely get it. Most of us wouldn’t want to jump out of a plane and training for a marathon isn’t many people’s idea of a fun thing […]
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We are beyond thrilled to announce that the first big Malawi project we’ve been involved with is ready to roll out. Thanks to funding from the Scottish Government provided to Smileawi we have worked together with them, the Dental Association of Malawi, the Maldent Project, Prodental CPD, and, with input from our own Clinical […]
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Despite the COVID-19 pandemic causing cancellation of 2020 Dental Training Programmes, the UK NGO Bridge2Aid sees a positive future.
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What Bridge2Aid Means to Me – Kiaran Weil Kiaran is the Chair of our Clinical Advisory Group, member of the Bridge2Aid team and long-time friend, supporter and volunteer. Here is what Bridge2Aid means to her…. “It means community; a community that cares for people; changes lives; puts those we serve first; strives to do better […]
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We asked a few of our supporters and team to tell us what Bridge2Aid means to them, or what inspires them about our work. Here are a few of their replies: Emily-Mae Harding – One of our Oral Health Team Volunteers “What inspires me about bridge2aid is how life changing it is for not […]
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The Spirit of Volunteering What Bridge2Aid means to me Yvonne Wood Volunteering with Bridge2aid has been the most rewarding, memorable and the best experience in my whole dental career of 37 years. Sharing my dental knowledge, skills, and experience where it is very much needed in Tanzania by training Health Care Workers (Clinical Officers) in […]
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To our community of Bridge2Aid supporters, partners and volunteers, As we are all aware, this is a very hard time for many people in the UK and around the world. We’re all concerned about our friends, families and neighbours. As our community, we wanted to keep you updated on with how we are managing the […]
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