With our partner organization, Sagarmatha Health Foundation (Nepal), we held three
dental camps in 2024 in Solukhumbu, Sindhupalchowk, and Taplejung Districts. At the
Taplejung camp, a team of 10 Nepalese dentists and support staff flew from Kathmandu
to Bhadrapur, on the India border, and then drove 170 miles for 10 hours — an average
speed slower than in American school zones — where we set up camp in a village
health post. Over 4 days 550 patients received free care. In all, the number of
procedures — fillings, extractions, cleaning, etc. — was well over a thousand.
Jack Starmer, HealthCare Nepal’s Director, at the Taplejung dental camp.
Jack Starmer, HealthCare Nepal’s Director, at the Taplejung dental camp.
Our team of volunteer dentists and staff.
Our team of volunteer dentists and staff.
Long lines waiting to see the dentists.
Long lines waiting to see the dentists.
Local volunteers assisted the dentists.
Local volunteers assisted the dentists.
Children in school uniforms registering to see the dentists.
Children in school uniforms registering to see the dentists.
Kalpana Joshi demonstrating good brushing technique to two children who have just received free toothbrushes and toothpaste.
Kalpana Joshi demonstrating good brushing technique to two children who have just received free toothbrushes and toothpaste.
Bringing dentists to people with limited access to care.
Bringing dentists to people with limited access to care.
Our team of volunteer Nepalese dentists worked long hours in a crowded space.
Our team of volunteer Nepalese dentists worked long hours in a crowded space.
HealthCare Nepal has provided a portable x-ray machine to better determine a patient’s needs.
HealthCare Nepal has provided a portable x-ray machine to better determine a patient’s needs.
Sagarmatha Health Foundation and HealthCare Nepal held a camp for people at the Nepal Disabled Association residential facility in Kathmandu.
Sagarmatha Health Foundation and HealthCare Nepal held a camp for people at the Nepal Disabled Association residential facility in Kathmandu.
Lead dentist and camp organizer, Deepak Joshi, shows his skill at improvising an apparatus for rinsing a patient’s mouth.
Lead dentist and camp organizer, Deepak Joshi, shows his skill at improvising an apparatus for rinsing a patient’s mouth.