2019 Dental Hygiene #2

Pre-Project Remarks

This is the second round of dental hygiene project that has been made possible by a generous donor named Maro, who likes to remain anonymous. Empower Armenia thanks Maro, who donated over 240 toothbrushes and 48 toothpastes in 2019 alone; which will be distributed to children well into the next year. The remaining toothpastes will either be purchased by Empower Armenia or will be donated by Maro in the future.

In September of 2019, with the help of Ani Mkrtchyan, a dentist from Yerevan, we are going to visit the elementary school in the village of Noramarg, and give away toothbrushes and toothpaste to 65 children. The dentist will teach the children the correct way to brush their teeth and the benefits that come with dental hygiene. We will also discuss the dangers of smoking and the damage that it causes to our oral health and other vital organs in the body. Empower Armenia will use part of the left over funds from 2019 School Supplies project to pay for additional toothpaste to cover the 65 children.

Together we can Empower Armenia, One Project at a Time.

Post Project Remarks:

This project was completed successfully on 2^nd of September, 2019. Empower Armenia with the leadership of our project manager Lusine Avanesyan, was able to deliver toothbrushes and toothpastes to 65 children in the village of Noramarg, in the Ararat Province of Armenia.

Our volunteer dentist, Ani Mkrtchyan from Yerevan volunteered with us for the second time this year, and taught the children the proper way to brush their teeth. Dr. Ani also spoke to the children about the dangers of smoking and the damage that it causes to vital organs. We will continue this project in 2020. We thank all of our volunteers who made this project possible.

This project did not require additional financial donations, since all the toothbrushes and toothpastes were donated, and deficiencies were covered from surplus from previous projects mentioned above. The transportation costs were paid for by donations leftover from the transportation portion of our 2019 School Supplies project.

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