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Some info on my upcoming dental overseas mission to Uganda, Africa…

This September 2009, I have the amazing opportunity to be able to go to Africa with the founder of Just Like My Child Foundation, an organization whose goal is to alleviate the suffering of women, children, and families in rural Uganda. They use an approach of deep development, which means empowering communities, village by village, to move towards self-reliance by creating their own long-term solutions to healthcare, education and microenterprise. 

The people of this area are in desperate need of oral health instruction/education and dental treatment, which will be my role to provide, especially to the children of this area, while I am there.

BUT WE NEED SUPPLIES! 

For my fellow dentist friends, we are in need of supplies, which include but are not limited to:

Dental restorative instruments such as spoon excavators and composite
instruments
Disposable explorers and mouth mirrors
Perio scalers and curettes
Glass Ionomer self-curing restorative material
Gauze
Cotton Rolls
Topical anasthetic
local anasthetic cartridges
Local anasthetic syringes and needles
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste samples
Floss
Extraction instruments

ANYTHING WILL HELP! 

Contact me here, on my site, if you are interested in donating supplies.

Monetary donations would also be extremely helpful to purchase the supplies listed above. 
(For anyone wishing to make their donation tax deductable, please contact me for more information).

You can make a monetary donation online at: www.justlikemychild.com.  

On the site, go to:

Get Involved–> Donate Now–>then under Where Would You Like Your Money to Go? 
–>Scroll down to: “Puja’s Kids-dental mission.”

Thank you!!!

I made this for my parents the other night and it was a big hit!

My mother doesn’t eat eggs but if I were to make it again, I would add 1 egg, beaten and stir fried asian style, seasoned with paprika, (tossed in at the end).

Ingredients:

2 tbsp. olive oil

1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced, slices cut in halves length-wise

1 red onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 package vermicelli rice noodles (can also use thin egg noodles)

3 tbsp. curry powder, (or mixture of ground coriander, turmeric, ground cumin, ground fennel seed and ginger powder)

3 tbsp. soy sauce

salt, to taste

Sriracha hot sauce

chopped green onions for garnish

Directions:

Cook the rice noodles according to package directions. Note: remember, rice noodles can tend to stick together, so do not overcook!

Warm the oil over medium heat and sautee the garlic, onion and bell pepper. Add a tiny bit of Sriracha hot sauce, depending on spice level desired, (usually a small squirt will do).

Add the noodles and mix well.

Add the curry powder and soy sauce and mix, careful not to let the noodles break and get mushy.

Add salt to taste.

Garnish with chopped green onions and serve.

Enjoy!

Serves: 4