Description
The Armenian Dental Society of California has partnered with The Paros Foundation in order to help its mobile dental clinic bring dental care to poverty stricken communities throughout Armenia. Dental hygiene is commonly overlooked in many of these communities due to several reasons. Dental supplies and dental care are either very hard to find or too expensive for residents in these villages to afford.
Jack and Azniv Bayramyan and Family have generously funded a challenge matching grant to support this project since its relaunch in 2016. Sponsorship of this project will help raise the funds needed to keep the mobile clinic on the road providing its mobile services. Two dentists from Armenia travel along with the mobile clinic and provide dental care for village residents. Dentists from the US will have the opportunity to join the two local dentists on a volunteer basis. $2,500 will help keep the mobile clinic working for one month. Dental care provided by the mobile clinic will include basic child oral care and education, cleanings, fillings and other basic care.
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The Need
Dental supplies and dental clinics are very hard to find or too expensive for residents living in Armenia’s remote and/or poverty stricken villages. This can cause a lifetime of dental problems and oral disease. Residents living in these areas are in need of dental care in order to be able to prevent serious dental issues in the future.
Short Term Impact
Residents of remote and poverty stricken villages will be visited by the mobile dental clinic and receive basic dental care. In addition, two dentists, one assistant and a driver work on the clinic all from Armenia, and have the opportunity to work alongside volunteer dentists from the United States.
Long Term Impact
Residents of remote and poverty stricken villages will have a decreased chance of tooth decay and serious oral issues in their future.
Sponsors Benefits
Your donation to sponsor the Mobile Dental Clinic will be recognized on The Paros Foundation website and in all appropriate press related to this important project.
Our Donors (59)
- Melineh Arakelian $2,500 Sep 18, 2017
- Mr. & Mrs. Vahe & Josephine Jeknavorian $1,000 Sep 18, 2017
- Dr. & Mrs. Gabriel & Nirva Aslanian $1,000 Aug 15, 2017
- Jil-Agopian Professional Dental Corp $2,500 Jun 26, 2017
- Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Victoria Kaprelian $300 Jun 24, 2017
- Mr. & Mrs. Alan & Greta Aghabejian $1,000 Jun 23, 2017
- Dr. Avedis Boghossian $1,000 Jun 22, 2017
- Mr. Vincent Cardillo, Dental Management Innovations $2,500 Jun 19, 2017
- Lanoosh $2,500 Jun 17, 2017
- Mr. & Mrs. Arin & Anashe Aghajani $1,000 Jun 17, 2017
- Dr. Nareg Alexandarian $2,500 Jun 16, 2017
- Dr. Tigran Hovhannisyan $500 Jun 16, 2017
Updates: Images & Information
This month the Mobile Dental Clinic will be stationed at the Jermik Ankyun (“Warm Hearth”) Foundation premises. At Warm Hearth they are committed to providing homes to abandoned Armenians with special needs who have outgrown the orphanages.
The Mobile Dental Clinic is on to the next highly anticipated stop at the Debi Arach Children’s Center in Gyumri.
The Mobile Dental Clinic arrived at the Banants Yerevan Football Club (sports school) in Sebastia-Malatia. The clinic is always greeted with excitement and will stay at this location for the month.
Read about Joe Chelebian’s efforts to support the Mobile Clinic here https://parosfoundation.org/thank-you-joe/
The Mobile Dental Clinic arrived in Masiv to work with the children at School No. 61.
The Mobile Dental Clinic has left 7th Masiv, where they spent the month of January, and are now in the neighborhood of Zeitun. The bus will be stationed near the 8th Hospital in Zeitun for the month of February.