Dental Training Finally Continues!

Dental Training Continues, This Time in Myanmar!

Today, February 25th, a Dental training started anew in Myanmar for the Barefoot Doctors who graduated in 2012.  Many of them had not completed their dental training due to extenuating circumstances, but today this training began again.  Praise God!

A team of dentists from mPower traveled with their dental equipment to Myanmar over the past couple of days.  Some of the FLC staff is coming up for the training, as well.  It is still unclear how many of the recent graduates were able to make it to Shan State for this training module.

This is the first time the Barefoot Doctor training will take place inside Myanmar, and we are very excited about that!  We originally planned to do this training in the northern part of the country in January.  The plan was to include medical training by way of a refresher course for the current Barefoot Doctors in that region. Many of them have been serving their area for many years, and they have never had an opportunity to update their knowledge and skills. 

Unfortunately, this larger training program had to be scrapped when fighting broke out in that region.  The government closed the doors to foreigners, and so we had to make up a new plan.  We are so grateful that dentists from mPower were willing to adjust their schedules and flights so the dental training could occur this quickly.

We will update you as updates become available to us.  Since there may be no access to the internet at times, we will report things when we can and hopefully include some pictures.  In the meantime, please pray TODAY and EVERY DAY for the dentists and their students as they learn skills that are desperately needed in the villages and areas they serve.