Local Health Care Initiatives
Family Care has also pioneered similar, though smaller, Health Care Initiatives that are aimed at a predetermined group of individuals, these programs being scaled down versions of the much larger Free Health Care Projects.

As an example, a team of six medical and coordinating volunteers may set off to give free dental care to the awaiting beneficiaries in an entire school or institution.

As is the case with most rural communities, affordable and accessible dental care is simply not otherwise available and in some cases we’ve found that many are not even aware of dentists or oral hygiene! This lack of awareness is clearly evident when the volunteer dentists and assistants sit their first patient down. To offer an extended solution to those receiving dental care, a lecture in daily oral hygiene habits is taught (and translated, or communicated by sign language, as the need may be). As a final touch, toothbrushes and toothpaste are given to each of the programs’ participants, along with the firm instructions that they should be used daily to avoid another encounter with the now much respected dentist!