Free dental care
A Dutch dentist and dental hygienist made a successful working visit to Mongolia where they provided free dental care to orphan children and residents of a slum in Ulaanbaatar.
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Second 'dental camp' in Mongolia
The Nijmegen dentist Joost van Vlijmen looks back with satisfaction on his second ‘dental camp’ in Ulaanbaatar. With occasional assistants like Patty Voorsmit and Paul Ketelaar - and our employee Altantulga as interpreter - he drove a Russian van to the rubbish dump on the outskirts of the Mongolian capital. The van served as a treatment room and there they would help the people get rid of their toothache and other dental complaints free of charge.
Dick Wittenberg wrote about this in the NRC Weekblad:
‘At the rubbish dump, people lined up to have their teeth extracted, patiently waiting outside for their haunches. They had toothaches, some for months, and this dentist came to relieve them painlessly without the risk that the tooth would break and a part would be left with an open nerve, which would happen when they tried to do it themselves. He pulled 52 molars and teeth from 32 people.’
Previously, the team visited the orphanage supported by the Steppekinderen Foundation, where it examined 71 children’s teeth and had to pull some molars and apply some fillings.
Help underprivileged children in Mongolia
Since 2006, the foundation tries to improve the situation of the children in Mongolia each year. Thanks to donations and collection campaigns, we have built 26 gers (living shelters).
Even a relatively small amount of money can do a lot, because in Mongolia, where many herders earn barely twenty euros a month, your money is worth more than five times that!
Thank you to all who support our small but important work!