In May, a Global Dental Relief team returned to Leh, in the Himalayan region of Ladakh in northern India, where many children received their first dental care in the group’s first clinic using only white fillings.
Connor Gibson, a 22-year-old dental technology manager at RAM, taught himself dentistry and 3D printing to build the first mobile denture lab in the United States, delivering free, custom dentures in hours instead of months for Americans who cannot afford them.
For two decades, the UK-based Better Lives Foundation has run a free hospital in rural Sierra Leone, training local staff, expanding into maternal care and dentistry, and treating thousands of patients each year, at no cost to those who walk through its doors.
In Peru’s remote Amazon, a partnership between Amazon Promise, Global First Responder, and Engineers Without Borders brought a community center and potable rainwater system to Bello Horizonte—plus medical care, patient advocacy, and life-saving follow-up for villages along the Marañon.
As we step into a new year of promise and purpose, we are inspired to continue delivering vital medical relief services, health education, and clean water and sanitation systems that will improve life for the people of the Peruvian Amazon.