Healthy Smiles for Haiti

Posted by David O'Hearn

On January 11th, 2008, Georgina Cosentino and Ray Trask, a Rotarian from the Burlington North club, were our guests and provided our club with an update on the Healthy Smiles for Haiti project. In the picture above, Ray and Georgina are shown with club members, Raj Chopra and President Vinod Bhargava.

This project was initiated by Georgina and the Burlington North club, with support from our club. Ray and Georgina have returned from a trip to Haiti to help set up the dental Office that our donation plus matching grants had purchased.

The dental office is up and running, staffed by a qualified dentist. It has a dental chair, up-to-date equipment and tools and is supported by the Rotary Club Of Jacmel. Over 100 pounds of supplies were bought or collected and shipped to Haiti.

Despite problems & delays that were overcome, the project has been very successful. Georgina is looking to set up a second clinic in another location in Haiti.

For more information, please visit: http://www.healthysmilesforhaiti.org