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| Organization | Ecuadent Foundation |
| website | http://www.ecuadent.org |
| Country | Ecuador |
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Ecuadent is a non-profit organization built on the talent of dedicated
volunteers. Volunteer healthcare professionals from all over the United States
travel to impoverished villages of Ecuador and deliver free medical and dental
care to children in need.
Ecuadent is a growing organization and presently treats over 2,000 children each
year and reaches over 15,000 by instructing in methods of dental hygiene and
distributing thousands of toothbrushes, the majority of which go to children who
have never owned one.
Tammy Fesche, Executive Director, founded Ecuadent in 1990 to fulfill her
commitment to help the poor people of her country.
During each mission, Ecuadent volunteers provide desperately needed treatments
from cleft lip and palate surgeries to difficult dental extractions. Housed and
hosted by the Army and Navy of Ecuador, Ecuadent volunteers are able to make
full use of the hospitals' modest facilities.
Ecuadent volunteers pay their own airfare and donate their services. To raise
funds and supplies needed, we seek both private and corporate sponsorship.
Without this generous support, the miracle we bring to each child's life would
not be possible. We are always seeking dentists, hygienists, surgens, nurses,
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