Madre de Dios Shelter children receiving treatment

The gradeschool-aged children from the Madre de Dios Shelter in Cochabamba, Bolivia benefit from sd flouride treatments used to prevent cavities. Bolivian dental hygienist trainees work together with U.S. hygienist students from a Seattle, WA area study abroad program.

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Send Homeless Bolivian Woman to School For A Year
Send Homeless Bolivian Woman to School For A Year
Bolivia  Education
The Smiles Forever Dental Hygiene School in Cochabamba, Bolivia provides vocational training for homeless, indigenous women as they and the faculty provide free dental care to 6,500 homeless a year. These dental hygienist trainees now have a community service project in the remote village of Morochata, where recently 400 children received preventative fluoride care. Some children required critical care, including 77 extractions and medication from overseeing dentists from Bolivian & U.S. project reportread updates from the field
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