My journey as a dental volunteer begun 15 years ago.
My first mission was in Uganda (Africa) through Dentaid (www.dentaid.org) in 2004 and over the next years I’d travelled to various destinations across the globe including, Nepal (Asia), Philippines (Asia) and Romania (East Europe)) running painrelief clinics for children in need with various dental voluntary organisations.
Leading a life without having created my own family weaponised me with time to offer my services where most needed around the world.
On a personal level, I would often wonder why I wasn’t blessed with biological children.
But that was only until I visited Phaya Taung monastery in Burma…
I was fortunate to visit in the Phaya Taung monastery (home to 1,400 orphan children) in November 2018 through my mission with the dental voluntary organisation, Burmadent (www.burmadent.com).
I stayed and work in the Phaya Taung monastery for a week providing dental volunteer services to the 1,400 children that were hosted there. After a long day in the monastery, having worked in the dental pain-relief clinic and having exposed myself to the “dental reality” of hundreds of children while being totally disconnected from the rest of the world, I could feel my brain restless, and my heart pounding.
The only thought in my mind was that a week of stay at the monastery was not enough.
Taking care of these children filled my heart with warmth.
I knew that I soon I would come back and continue providing them with constant care and lots of hugs!
That was the moment that I felt I was home and that I had 1,400 children of my own.
Determined to return better equipped, I was inspired to set up and run a properly and permanently build up and fully equipped dental surgery located in the Phaya Taung monastery and provide personal voluntary dental services.
No more toothache.
No unnecessary teeth lost.
No more waiting for a dental mission to turn up randomly.
Those smiles must be preserved to allow the children of the Phaya Taung to smile, eat and live pain free.
My passion and the operational readiness of the Inle Trust came together to materialise our common dream… to set up a much-needed dental surgery to look after the oral health of the children living in Phaya Taung Monastery in Myanmar.
I invite you to join us on our mission and make a difference in the lives of the 1,400 [orphan] children of the Phaya Taung monastery by donating.
Every little helps. Every donation of yours will improve materially the standards of living of all these children.
The raised funds will be used for the set-up of the dental surgery and the purchase of the necessary equipment and fittings. We are happy to share more details upon request on the way that raised fuds are allocated to the projects’ expenditures, please contact me at vkarpeta@me.com
Thank you in advance for your contribution.
For more information about The Inle Trust please click here: https://www.inletrust.org.uk/
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