Making a difference in Vietnam

The Smile Vanuatu team have just returned from their annual trip to Malekula Island. Our mission’s focus on the promotion of healthy habits to enable future generations to maintain their smile. Education and prevention has always being the NAMBAWAN (number one) message which fits in with Vanuatu’s culture of National awareness campaigns. In conjunction with Ba Ria […]
Australians Advancing Oral Health In Vanuatu

Smile Vanuatu Smile Vanuatu – North Malekula Island 2018 – July 3rd – 7th Volcanic ash and flight delays did not deter nine volunteers from Bathurst, Brisbane and Rockhampton arriving on north Malekula Island in Vanuatu. Their purpose is the setup of temporary dental clinics and offering their services to help the school-based communities around the Norsup […]
Single Use Dental Instruments in the dental surgery

As a dentist, you want to come into surgery just for the treatment and not have to worry about the infection control behind the scenes. We’re expecting the practice owners to be on top of this, but yet the burden will fall on the dentist if there is a slip-up, so the AHPRA and ADA […]
An Insider View Into Dental Outreach Programmes

We often hear about charities and organisations travelling across the world to improve the lives of those in less fortunate situations. There is no doubt that these trips have an enormous impact on the areas they visit, but what do they entail exactly? How are they arranged and what do the volunteers actually go through […]
An Interview With The ADOFI
The Australian Dental Outreach Foundation provides oral care to the neediest members of the community across South Australia. Catering to school children, the elderly and the disabled, they provide a wide array of services with flexible delivery so that they can adequately cater to those with limited access. After donating our sterile instruments to their […]
Questions asked of charities that work overseas

“That’s great; but what about people here?” For the last 22 years, the international dental charity Dentaid has been sending reconditioned dental equipment, teams of volunteers and oral health resources to dentists in the poorest and most remote regions of the world. With 70 per cent of the world’s population having no access to a […]
One Salt Water – Improving health and happiness

One Salt Water is a Christian community development organisation whose aim is to support individuals in health, well-being, spiritual growth, Bible engagement, culture and arts. We became aware of the organization through a customer who was a volunteer for the 2017 trip. Raising funds and supplies via crowdfunding, she approached us for a donation of […]
Bringing Bigger, Brighter Smiles To Vanuatu

Vanuatu is a Pacific Island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean, where rapid population growth, rural to urban drift and geographic isolation make the delivery of healthcare services very difficult. Inadequate and irregular budget allocation to healthcare practices means there is a critical shortage of human resources, with as little as 17 dental personnel […]