Our staff is working on plans for a return trip to Haiti to
provide dental care to the children of Grace Village, as well as members of the
community. They will be going the week
of February 2nd. Grace
Village is an orphanage outside of Port au Prince that is run by an
organization called Healing Haiti. To
learn more about the Healing Haiti organization and Grace Village, go to
HealingHaiti.org.
Last January, with help and support from our patients and
other members of the community, Dr. Zollinger and six Advance Family Dental
staff members traveled to Haiti to provide needed dental care to many there. It
will be four years in January since an earthquake devastated areas of Haiti,
particularly the capital city of Port au Prince. Although progress has been made, our group
saw first hand last year that a lot more needs to be done in the city. Hundreds of thousands still do not have
adequate shelter. The conditions there
were shocking for our group and many found it really troubling to see. However, they were glad they were able to
help in their own way. As many of our
patients can attest to, having dental pain can severely affect your quality of
life. They were able to use their skills
to do what they do best, fix teeth! Although, it was tough to leave knowing
there is much more to do, they were comforted knowing that they would be back
to continue their work.
Once again, we need to thank those who make this possible;
whose donations are able to directly make a difference in many lives in
Haiti. Those are the people who have
made what we do possible. Thank you so
much!
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