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Dental Teaching Hospital
Raising for Better Lives Foundation
About Us
Why we need your help
Yonibana Dental Teaching Hospital is part of the Better Lives Foundation (BLF) - UK registered charity number 1122290 working to better people’s lives in West Africa .
Why we're raising money
Yonibana Dental Teaching Hospital is an initiative of the Better Lives Foundation (UK Charity No. 1122290), working to improve access to healthcare in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone has a population of around 8.5 million people, yet there is no dental school and, according to the Ministry of Health, only two practising dentists in the country. As a result, simple and preventable dental problems often become painful, dangerous, and life‑threatening.
Since 2009, Better Lives Foundation has provided free dental and optical care through dedicated teams of local and international volunteers who donate their time, skills, and even cover their own travel and living costs. While this has helped thousands, short‑term care alone is not enough.
Our Goal
We are raising £850,000 to build a Dental Teaching Hospital that will provide lifelong care and local training, creating a sustainable solution for future generations.
The hospital will include:
- 10 dental surgeries
- A training room with 15 phantom‑head units
- Operating theatre and X‑ray room
- Lecture spaces, library, and student computers
- Full dental equipment for comprehensive treatment
How You Can Help?
- Donate — every contribution counts, and as we are entirely volunteer‑run, 100% of donations go directly to the project
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Your support will help bring dignity, health, and hope to thousands.
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Better Lives Foundation
Charity number: 1122290
- the relief of sickness and preservation of health among people living in any part of the world and in particular in the under developed countries such as sierra leone, zambia etc. 2. To advance the education of public health care by the provision of lectures, fora and by the publication of newsletter devoted to healthcare. 3. To advance the education of the pupils in under developed countries and in particular in sierra leone and in zambia by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities for their education which are not available to them.
