It’s so important for the orphanage graduates to have dental and medical assistance in our Ministry Centers. But for them, the kids would not be able to get necessary assistance because it’s very expensive in the city medical/dental offices. Our Vladimir, Ivanovo and Kostroma dentists see our program participants 2 – 3 times a week.
“I’m happy that there is a dentist at the Nadezhda Fund Center and that treatment is free of charge. We can’t afford dental care in the city. Our dentist Svetlana is very kind and her treatment is also pain free. One of my teeth needed to be pulled out and Svetlana arranged it that I could get that service for free in the city dental clinic where she has a full time job. Now all my teeth are fixed. ” Artyom K.
Svetlana T., the dentist: ”The key problem is that the children don’t take good and proper care of mouth cavity. As a result their teeth are in very bad condition. Many of them need surgical intervention. In that case I send them to policlinics because at the MC we cannot do this. Nobody goes to policlinics explaining that they are afraid of strange doctors. The children are very happy now when we a have a special tool for scaling. I use it as prevention from periodontitis, gingivitis.”
Nadezhda Fund paid for numerous medical procedures, bought medications, and provided transportation to medical treatments.
Besides dental and medical assistance, we provide weekly seminars at our Ministry Centers aimed at better physical and emotional health and fostering healthy habits. These seminars are led by our dentists, interns and we often invite local specialists. The seminars discussed: Oral Health: Vitamins for teeth, Oral Health in Young Children, Cocaine and other drugs, etc. The seminars are well attended and are showing positive changes in many of the participants.
Sport activities play an instrumental role in fostering healthy habits. All Minitry Centers are equipped with exercise machines and professional coaches to provide instructions and guidance on individual basis twice a week. In addition to that, thanks to the interns, the gym rooms are open to the young people three more times a week.