Latest News:
* APT has won the Scottish Dental Award for Best Community or Charity Project! (see here)
* The dental work sadly has had to be put on hold temporarily due to the deteriorating security situation in northern Burkina Faso.

We are working primarily in remote villages in the province of Oudalan, and work together with local pastors, providing dental care alongside the preaching of the gospel. The clinic would have three main medical goals:

• Relief of Pain. Visiting villages, to treat dental problems and pull teeth.

• Education. Teaching people about basic dental hygiene.

• Training. Equipping local people with basic skills for dental extractions.

Village Work
A lot of the work is in villages. We set up under a tree in the village, and crowds come. People who have had dental pain for years receive relief in a matter of minutes, and go away happy. Here you can see her at work with a small team of Christians who help her to register patients, give dental advice, translate for patients, and share Christ with those who want to hear - which is many!


School Work
We have also done some work in schools, especially in the "Wakkil Alla" Christian school in Gorom-Gorom. Here you can see Lynne at work with her portable dental unit, with which she can do cleaning, fillings, and dental surgery. Most of the need however is for simple extractions.
In the schools, we also raise awareness of dental health. This involves teaching children to brush their teeth with a stick from a tree, since most will not be able to afford toothbrush and paste. Bernadette, a local Fulani Christian joined Lynne to do the teaching.

At Hospital
We are also collaborating with the Burkina medical structures, who have welcomed Lynne's intervention. She does occasional clinics at the hospital, treating local people, and training nurses in extraction techniques, with the goal of leaving capable trained nurses to continue the work long-term. In this, we are also collaborating with an Italian NGO, which has also started dental training for nurses in Gorom-gorom.

Prayer: Please pray for us as we begin to put together the project proposal.

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