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Dr. Ray Damazo, known in Africa as the “Safari Dentist,” built the clinic to provide dental and health care at no charge to the more than 30,000 Maasai people who live within walking distance. Click here to learn more about his work.
First Class Facility
A first-class facility, the Maasai Dental Clinic was built as maintenance free as possible. The building includes a 1,200 square feet upstairs apartment, two small apartments, and an apartment for the clinic manager. A stone-block building, the clinic has three dental operatories. Each operatory is fully equipped with new DCI units and cabinetry, Progeny x-ray, McKesson twin-head vac and twin-head air compressor; a sterilization room; and a lab/storage room. (Click here to view a video regarding the facilities of the Maasai Dental Clinic, a .wmv file.)
Near the facility there is a medical clinic. An airstrip, served from Nairobi International Airport, is located about five miles away.
An important part of the clinic facility is a Toyota Land Cruiser. In addition to business use, the vehicle is used to take volunteers to the game park. The roof of the vehicle opens up for viewing of exotic African wildlife.
Leadership
WHDO is in the process of turning over leadership of the Maasai Dental Clinic to the National Association of Seventh-day Adventist Dentists (NASDAD). WHDO board members will be replaced with a NASDAD members. NASDAD leadership will operate the clinic in partnership with Loma Linda University for the School of Dentistry.
In addition to its original goal to provide quality dental care to the Maasai, under NASDAD leadership, the facility will also be used to facilitate deep, life-changing experiences for students in the educational program of Loma Linda University.
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