Work the World dental outreach team 2009 found that 76% of children in rural Kerala need dental treatment. As part of our commitement to providing excellent student placements that also benefit the local communities in which they are based, Work the World are planning two dental outreach projects in the summer of 2010.
We ran a competition at the end of last year to offer one lucky student the opportunity to come with us to a rural village in Kerala and join the dental outreach team. I am absolutely thrilled to let you all know that Fiona Corcoran was our winner – her video of why she would love to join the team was by far and away the most inspiring.
Omar commented “It was great to see so much enthusiasm and creativity in Fiona’s short film. She’s obviously passionate about dental care and is going to be the perfect person to join the other students in July.”
Alison, our programme manager who co-ordinates the dental outreach projects with the team in India, said “I really liked Fiona’s short clip – it was funny, creative and most of all she had completely the right attitude. She is going to love the dental outreach programme and we can’t wait to hear about her adventures”.
You can check out Fiona’s clip on our brand new you tube channel, where you can sign up to keep track of all our new video clips of the programmes available, or just click on the link below to see why we thought Fiona was the clear choice as winner.
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- Win a two week placement on the Dental Outreach team in Kerala!
- Dental Outreach India – Alison gives us the update
- Abby and Omar head to the World Dental Congress
- The Big Picture winners are announced!
- Work experience opportunities for graduating healthcare students
Tags: competition, Dental Outreach, dentistry elective, dentistry placements, India, Kerala