Wednesday, December 16, 2009

$1,800 from fundraiser for Grenada Dental Program

New York, December 14, 2009 – Grenada’s Consul General in New York is impressed that Grenadians of all political persuasions are banding together to support a planned nation-wide oral health survey and clinical dental outreach program.

The program, scheduled to begin in mid-January, will be conducted by a team from New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, and will cover schools in each parish in Grenada, as well as in Carriacou and Petite Martinique.

NYU has made an initial commitment to run the program for four years, and says that next month’s exercise in Grenada will also include “administering dental care, performing surgical procedures and cleanings to the local population – children, working men and women, at no cost to anyone.’’

The project has the backing of the Grenada Ministries of Education and Heath, with government to provide housing, meals and land transportation for the NYU visitors.

NYU is purchasing the airline tickets for its team members and providing all the necessary dental supplies and equipment.

In order to defray other expenses associated with the program, Grenadians in New York have embarked on a series of fundraising event, including a banquet held last Sunday, December 13.

Consul General Derrick James, in the featured address at the banquet, thanked NYU for choosing Grenada as a beneficiary of the university’s dental outreach program. He also commended Grenadians for setting aside their political differences in the interest of nation building.

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