Bright smiles for Dental Health Month

Dr Kagiso Moloi, a dentist from Windhoek, decided in May to give back to the community and started with a clothing collection project.

After appealing to the nation through Katutura Community Radio, he not only received clothing but also food, which was distributed to the Katutura Old Age Home and the AIDS Care Trust in June. Dr Moloi’s plea for help even reached Rebecca Pascoe, a dentist in England, who promptly responded and collected clothing and shipped it to Namibia.”I am expecting the container to arrive any day,” says Dr Moloi.Colgate/Palmolive also responded by donating soap, toothpaste and toothbrushes that were distributed to the AIDS Care Trust, Oponganda Centre for Disabled Children, Katutura Old Age Home, the Special Olympics, the Shamalindi Farm School in Grootfontein and the Community Development Pre-School in Katutura.The month of August is Dental Health Month and Dr Moloi and Colgate-Palmolive will go into the communities to educate people, especially children, on the importance of dental health and general hygiene, also in view of the recent polio outbreak.”Colgate-Palmolive is excited about this venture and glad that we can educate the community on the importance of dental and general health,” says Chris Lotter, sales manager for the company.The company will also accompany and assist Dr Moloi with the Namibian Special Olympics to be held in Oshakati later this year in preparation for the world games in Shanghai, China, to which Namibia hopes to send a team.Dr Moloi’s plea for help even reached Rebecca Pascoe, a dentist in England, who promptly responded and collected clothing and shipped it to Namibia.”I am expecting the container to arrive any day,” says Dr Moloi.Colgate/Palmolive also responded by donating soap, toothpaste and toothbrushes that were distributed to the AIDS Care Trust, Oponganda Centre for Disabled Children, Katutura Old Age Home, the Special Olympics, the Shamalindi Farm School in Grootfontein and the Community Development Pre-School in Katutura.The month of August is Dental Health Month and Dr Moloi and Colgate-Palmolive will go into the communities to educate people, especially children, on the importance of dental health and general hygiene, also in view of the recent polio outbreak.”Colgate-Palmolive is excited about this venture and glad that we can educate the community on the importance of dental and general health,” says Chris Lotter, sales manager for the company.The company will also accompany and assist Dr Moloi with the Namibian Special Olympics to be held in Oshakati later this year in preparation for the world games in Shanghai, China, to which Namibia hopes to send a team.