To enable this worthwhile charity to prosper and expand it needs a number of things to come together.

Volunteer.

With so much still to be done almost any number of volunteers in a wide range of disciplines can be accommodated. Help is needed both at home and in India. As well as the clinical staff we really do need Educators in Health and Language communication to develop materials in the UK and then test them in the field in India. With the prevailing level of poverty and social structure prevention is better than cure. There is obviously a huge research opportunity here, for it is clear that such problems as the very common and fatal oral cancer is on such a large untreated scale that it can only seriously be tackled by education into the causes. Similarly dental decay related to a high sugar diet could be reduced by education.

You can help in many ways...

As a CLINICIAN, be it nurse or surgeon, your input is invaluable both as a pair of hands to carry out care and as a teacher of recently graduated indigenous staff and their helpers. If you are RETIRED this is a chance to use that huge reserve of skill and knowledge which would otherwise go largely unused in our Western system.

Doing something in health care for nothing brings a huge personal reward particularly when you are helping people who may never have had skilled care in their lives.

Local people are very kind, hospitable and friendly...

As a VISITOR you can an insite view into what we do and add to the social life we enjoy in the villages and back in Chitrakoot in the evenings. Most visitors reveal skills and abilities they do not know they had and go away feeling reassured that everyone can contribute in this environment. Perhaps the one essential skill is the willingness to try and communicate across the language and cultural barriers and body language becomes very important. The local people are, by nature very kind and hospitable and friendly, and patient, and totally undemanding. They are proud of their culture and traditions and if you show an interest it is immediately rewarded by warmth and information.

They are proud of their culture and traditions and if you show an interest it is immediately rewarded by warmth and information...

As a FUND RAISER you can have a fundamental role in making the whole Chitrakoot Charity a success. Even though our staff pay all their own expenses and give of their time freely both in the UK (and other countries) and donate regularly through Gift Aid , we still need more income for equipment and running expenses and the wages of the resident staff. As the demand for our services increases so do the costs.

If you are a Practitioner used equipment and redundant materials are much appreciated.

As a member of the Dental Trade , donations of equipment and or cash obviously are invaluable.

As a member of the caring Public, if what we do touches your heart and appears worthwhile then please help us with either a regular or one off donation under Gift Aid if applicable.

If you have an ability for organisation of events please use it in this cause. If you are not an organiser please play a part in running the events we already organise. If you have any ideas or contacts you feel may help, please pass them on. With so many charities competing , all with worthy causes , we do need to stress that our monies go to the frontline and that all administration is also done free of charge.

For further information contact through the web address.

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