Paul, our Operations Manager had a very promising meeting today with the Malawian Ministry of Health, the Dental Association of Malawi, Glasgow University Dental School and the Medical Council of Malawi. Bridge2Aid has recently won a grant to fund exploring development of the B2A model in Malawi, working in partnership with Dental Association of Malawi […]
Amit Patel, Head Dentist at mydentist in Bognor Regis, volunteered on the Dental Training Programme in Chato District, Tanzania in September 2018. Here he talks about his experience and why he volunteered for Bridge2Aid. Let me introduce Bridge2Aid, a charity set up by Ian and Andie Wilson in 2004 after ten years living in Tanzania. […]
There’s a proverb attributed to ‘Africa’ which I’d like to use. I normally wouldn’t, given that these “African proverbs” are usually anything but. However, this one has just been quoted in an advert by an African airline we use to fly into Mwanza, so I’ll risk it just this once: “If you want to go […]
Our CEO Shaenna shares her memories of the history of Hope Dental – and the visionary changes that have taken place in the past year “I feel fortunate to have had a close personal relationship with Hope Dental Centre in Tanzania for many years. As many of you will be aware, since 2004 Bridge2Aid has […]
So I open Facebook one evening to check on the world, to find my husband has “posted” (a rare event). There’s a photo of him holding a very small baby, wishing every day could start like that, and recalling a time when our two teenagers were that small. Apart from the shock of seeing him […]
I’m in that wonderful place today of having just returned from 2 weeks off. I am fresh, rested (despite holiday with three children under 10!) and ready to get going on a very exciting few months ahead. One of the challenges of building the work that Bridge2Aid does – raising awareness of a hidden problem, […]
Mark Topley, CEO Later this week we will once again be exhibiting at the BDTA dental show case at Birmingham NEC. It’s a great privilege for us again to be part of the A-dec stand, P02, amongst 350 or so other organisations all presenting and exhibiting what they do to the 10,000 or so expected […]
During September Bridge2Aid’s Clinical Director Paul Brind visited the Manyara region, in preparation for our February DVP taking place in the area. Here, Paul reports on his trip: Manyara region (popn. 1.5 million) is located in the north of Tanzania. It is north of Dodoma region, and south of Arusha region and Kilimanjaro region. Along […]
Last November we met Daniel Masesa, a Health Worker since 2003 in the village of Nyamwilolewa, Tanzania. Daniel successfully completed our training programme and having received his basic instrument kit from Bridge2Aid, began providing access to safe emergency dental care for his community of approximately 10,000 people.
During August we have two supporters separately climbing to Africa’s rooftop to raise money for our training programmes in East Africa. On August 13th, Kevin Hill will take on the challenge of his lifetime in a bid to raise £3,000 for charities Back Up and Bridge2Aid. The challenge will take him through Kilimanjaro’s Machame route, arguably […]
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