Why not train the orphans to be dental technicians?
Dr Rolfe returned to Santa Barbara and, with the help of local craftsmen, converted a 40-foot shipping container into a modern dental office with three chairs, a sterilizing room, and a complete dental laboratory, all self-contained with its own water supply and electricity. He then shipped the clinic and an additional 60 tons of dental supplies and equipment at his own expense to a site in Kabul, donated by a generous Afghan-American family. Now, the clinic is up and running with three dentist seeing patients each day, treating about 20,000 patients a year. But where do the orphans come in? The Kabul School of Dental Technology In 2007, the Kabul School of Dental Technology was formed. Students were selected from the local population of orphans, widows, handicapped, single mothers, and socially disadvantaged populations. The eager students study hard for four months of intensive course work and clinical experience, and become Certified Dental Assistants. Graduates can immediately get
