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Dentistry Northwest Travels to Kenya |
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The Dentistry Northwest dental office staff traveled to Kenya for 17 days earlier this year. They volunteered their dental services at the newly established Masai Mara clinic in Kenya, Africa. The team worked at the clinic that Dr. Raymond Damazo founded. The clinic was completed in September 2008 and it opened on January 1st, 2009. The team was the first to volunteer at the clinic. A Masai ceremony was held to dedicate the building.
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Kenya Information
Kenya lies across the equator in east-central Africa, on the coast of the Indian Ocean. It is twice the size of Nevada. Kenya borders Somalia to the east, Ethiopia to the north, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. In the north, the land is arid; the southwest corner is in the fertile Lake Victoria Basin; and a length of the eastern depression of the Great Rift Valley separates western highlands from those that rise from the lowland coastal strip.
Land area: 219,788 sq mi (569,251 sq km);
Total area: 224,961 sq mi (582,650 sq km)
Population (2008 est.): 37,953,838 (growth rate: 2.7%); birth rate: 37.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 56.0/1000; life expectancy: 56.6; density per sq km: 66
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The Rotary Club of East Jefferson County, with the assistance from Port Townsend Rotary, helped contribute a $53,000 grant to pay for dental equipment and cabinetry at the newly established Masai Mara clinic.
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| Six staff will spend the first two weeks of January 2009 volunteering at the clinic. Pictured are (from left, back) Dr. John Barrett, Rebecca Krajewski, JoAnne O'Connor and (front) Carol Eldridge. Not pictured are Anne Burns and Chris O'Connor. |
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Photo of the dental clinic in Kenya, Africa where the team will volunteer.
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For more information about the clinic, please visit: Safari Dentist.
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