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Water fluoridation in remote Australia

An Aboriginal Land Council can fluoridate water, but a Shire Council can’t. The Groote Eylandt and Bickerton Enterprises (GEBIE) organisation, working on behalf of the Traditional Owners on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory, has funded and ensured the operation of water fluoridation plants for the Aboriginal communities on the...

Nepal teams ready for September visit

Teeth TT will return to Nepal on 20 September to continue with dental camps and school brushing programs in the Himal Jyoti school in Bhattedanda and the Shree Jalapadevi (SJD) school in Bahunepati. Mr Mike O’Connell from the Critical Dental Company is coming and we’ll work with Bishnu and...

Success in child dental health

Targetted dental programs for kids in western NSW and the APY lands have improved the decay rates for school children. The Maari Ma program in NSW has improved the incidence of permanent tooth decay in 12 year olds from a rate of 40% kids caries free (in 2007) to 71% caries free (in 2011). In 2007 the NSW...

Bangladesh program officially approved

After quite some paperwork and many signatures, we have received approval from the NGO Affairs Bureau in Bangladesh for the AusBangla Care for Dental ABCD program. The program has approval for 12 months from 1 August 2015. We aim to use local dental teams to run monthly dental camps...

Lives, monuments and history gone

The tragic loss of life in Nepal has devastated families. The loss of centuries old temples and monuments has deeply affected the cultural and spiritual heritage.

Temporary kitchens for safe cooking

The village construction teams have been working enthusiastically during the hot days and dusty wind storms to complete the kitchen shelters for the village families. Fatta, of toilet number 37, has come to the fore with his bamboo management skills. The teams now benefit from the skills of both...

Supplying household and hygiene packs

TT worked with the village committees to buy and compile items for household hygiene packages. The villagers advised on necessary items to help them improve their daily lives. Ninety packs were distributed in Bhattedanda village, one per household and another 90 packs were distributed to households in Arubot and...

Project toilets survive earthquake

Miraculously the project toilets have escaped the earthquake. The majority are in good condition, and only a few have received damage. Where houses have been destroyed or damaged, the debris managed to miss the toilets in all but a few locations. Now that the villagers have relocated to temporary...

Village visit reveals extent of the need

TT and HH are visiting the 3 project villages and working with village teams to assess the extent of the damage, and to sort out priority works. In Bhattedanda village most houses are destroyed, or have damage that makes the home unsafe and in need of demolition. One NGO...

Quake damage report by Bishnu Shrestha

Bishnu and the project construction team had been working at the new project site at the Jalapadevi School in Bahuneapati when the quake struck on 25 April. He has sent through a detailed photo report showing images of the site and construction works in progress up to 25 April,...