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    Why I travel (quite a lot)

    – Mark Topley, CEO This week I’m in the UK again – 14 packed days talking about what we’re doing and why – and why people should be concerned about the millions in pain worldwide every day because of untreated dental disease. Because I am often in the UK, some people comment that I travel […]


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    Food for thought

    – Mark Topley, CEO Last week I took a few days off to coincide  with the kids’ half term break and headed to the Serengeti. On the second and last day we killed the morning at the lodge before the long drive back, and were treated to this great view of the annual controlled burning […]


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    Exciting times

    – Mark Topley, CEO It’s a very exciting time for me at the moment as the work to relocate Hope Dental Centre (HDC) to a new building has been moving on at pace. The work enters its final stage this week as the internal and external renovations are now ready for the installation of equipment. […]


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    What do you expect?

    – Mark Topley, CEO Just a quick thought this week, and a personal refection. Fundraising and advocacy are a big part of my job. A fair amount of my time is spent working on creating new connections and networking. Because I am based in Tanzania, a lot of this happens initially through email, and researching […]


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    National Smile Month 2014

     – Mark Topley, CEO  This week marks the official start of National Smile Month – 31 days of campaigning by the British Dental Health Foundation, to promote oral health across the country. We are delighted to be officially partnering with the BDHF this year, launching our first annual National Bridge2Aid Day – Smile in Pink […]


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    When the penny drops

    – Mark Topley, CEO It’s a pivotal period for Bridge2Aid at the moment. If you’ve followed us for the past year you’ll know that we had a fantastic year in 2013, followed by a very difficult period in 2014 so far. Right now, we have a proven and effective model of training, a great track […]


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    Thank you

    – Mark Topley, CEO You’ll hopefully have heard by now that we reached our Urgent Appeal target of £50,000. Back in January, we were forced to launch an appeal to get us through a particularly tough period in our cash flow brought about by two financial events which severely reduced the funds we have available […]


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    Voluntourism – who is responsible?

    – Mark Topley, CEO Last week a Blog Post on volunteering appeared in my Facebook feed which has had me thinking. Whilst I don’t agree with everything the author writes, it’s a very thought provoking post, and one which strikes a chord with me in a number of areas. It’s passionate. It has a genuine […]


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    A successful Dentistry Show

    – Mark Topley Last week I was fortunate enough to attend the Dentistry Show – a fast growing dental trade and training event held at the NEC in Birmingham. It was my third trip to the show, and it has been fantastic to see how the event has grown in such a short space of time. This particular show came […]


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    A tribute to our volunteers

    – Mark Topley, CEO This week I want to pay tribute to our volunteers.  The people that quite literally make our training programme and the work that we do in East Africa possible. I know many of you will have heard us talk about volunteers a lot and I wanted to take this opportunity to […]


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