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Rwanda: Our Prayers and Toothbrushes |
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Written by Vu Le, DDS
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 Our prayers (and toothbrushes) are headed to Rwanda with a Saddleback PEACE team this week. In October, at least five of our patients accompanied Pastor Rick Warren and his wife, Kay Warren, on a two week PEACE trip there. Rwanda is an impoverished country still recovering from a recent genocide. There's huge dental need: there's only 8 dentists for 8 million people. Preventative care is crucial in a country with very little access to
dental resources. If your PEACE team would like to bring toothbrushes,
toothpaste, or floss to a far off place, our office can help.
Our offer for Saddleback PEACE teams:
- wholesale bulk pricing for toothbrushes, floss and toothpaste
- we will match $1 for every $1 your team spends
Your hard-fought fundraising efforts will be stretched further as a result. Funds for these donated supplies have been coming out of proceeds from our power toothbrush sales. Every power toothbrush we sell sends roughly 72 toothbrushes to Africa.
We will offer matching of funds as long as we can, but please contact us as early as possible to ensure availability. Typically, products arrive within 2 business days. I would recommend 1-2 weeks advance notice in case the warehouses are temporarily out of stock. The earlier you can place your order, the better.
Thank you for all the good work you are doing--VL
I'm not going on a PEACE trip, but how can I help the people of Rwanda?
- Pray for them
- If you know anyone going on a PEACE trip, consider sponsoring their trip
- Make a direct donation to Saddleback Church's PEACE plan
- Email this information to someone going on a PEACE trip
- Purchase a power toothbrush from our office, the proceeds will be donated to PEACE trips around the world.
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