I would like to take this opportunuity first of all to introduce myself.  I am Dr Eva Kyomugisha Nkandu, the Director and Founder Member of JOSEVA Dental and Medical Services Consortium Ltd. And actually, a beneficiary of the Blackmore Vale Lions Club.
I am writing to you to sincerely extend my heartfelt thanks to the Blackmore Vale Lions Club for their kind sponsorship to us with a complete Dental Surgery!  We received the equipment and installed it and it is now fully operational.  Your kind support is really making a lot of improvement in the lives of deprived people.
The reality on the ground is that the oral health care situation in the project area was very bad and of course Uganda in general is still a very big challenge.  Therefore, when we get support like this, we feel honoured and we appreciate that there are people who care for the less advantaged.Thankyou very much once again for your support - and the struggle continues!
God bless Blackmore Vale Lions Club.

Dr. Eva Kyomugisha Nkandu BDS. Kampala, Uganda

The Dentaid Project

Few of us like visiting the dentist.   However, in the UK, in an emergency, there is usually one within a reasonable distance.  This is not the case in many poorer countries throughout the world where oral healthcare is rare, sometimes non-existent.  To get an example of what this means, think of the last bad toothache you had then multiply the pain by a lot. Add to this the danger of serious infection that can follow if adequate treatment is not forthcoming, then you will appreciate the hardship and agony that the lack of adequate health care means to these people.
This is why we in Lions support Dentaid, a small charity based near Salisbury, which addresses this situation in different ways.  In addition to education and training, Dentaid provides and ships complete surgeries in response to specific requests for assistance. These surgeries are mainly made up of equipment donated by dentists throughout the UK and refurbished in the Dentaid workshop.
The Lions support Dentaid in two ways. We provide direct monetary assistance from our charitable funds. we also help in the collection and transportation of the equipment from the donating dentists to the Salisbury workshop, thus saving funds for the Charity to use elsewhere.
Lions have handled well over 600 transportations and we mean to continue helping this very worthwhile charity for the foreseeable future.

Blackmore Vale Lions Club was one of the main instigators of the partnership with Dentaid and one of our members has been the collection co-ordinator between Dentaid and Lions clubs throughout the country since the inception of the partnership.