Smile Mission is an Italian Association of volunteers, whose aim is supplying dental and medical care to anyone in need of help. Its denomination in full is Associazione Smile Mission Solidarietà Odontoiatrica Internazionale - ONLUS. Smile Mission is seated in via Giuseppe Zorzi 7,in Verona

Verona

Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...

, the city in which has been founded the 29th of June 2005.

Purpose

The Association, strictly no-profit, pursues social solidarity, especially in the range of health services, through interventions supporting sanitary activity of prevention, care, bodily and psychical recovery towards needy people, in Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 and abroad.

Smile Mission was founded on the initiative of some members, the greater part of them performing dentistry

Dentistry

Dentistry is the branch of medicine that is involved in the study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area and the adjacent and associated structures and their impact on the human body. Dentistry is widely considered...

. Nowadays the Association still operates mainly in the sphere of dentistry, though it keeps some missions going in others medical specialities, too. Among a good deal of projects active or accomplished, can be mentioned the mission in Nzihi, Tanzania

Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

, going on in accordance with local Ministry of Health, (example of an activity drawing towards an administration fully undertaken by local government); as well as the dentist's surgery boat cruising along Madeira River, in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

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Sphere of Action

Association's activities, carried out gratis by members, are:

• Help, prevention and sanitary education, (medical and dental) addressed to people lying in a disadvantageous position;
• To organize expedition of volunteers to seat of projects' accomplishment: physicians, dentists, dental mechanics, oral hygiene's diplomaeds, assistants, and every operator, wishing to give an aid;
• Economic support to development programs, self-government, performed by local communities, in the range of medical and dental assistance;
• Didactic activity, dental and medical, addressed to its own members, to people benefited by projects, and to local operators.
• Co-operation with persons, public and private bodies, other associations having similar aims.

All activities are accomplished respecting social and cultural situations of the Countries where the association is working, avoiding to impose forms religious, ideological, of organization, technological not shared by involved people.

Nations in which projects are active

Smile Mission has in course projects in Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

; Tanzania

Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

; Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

; Malawi

Malawi

The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...

; Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

; Madagascar

Madagascar

The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...

; Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

. A new project is developing in Rwanda

Rwanda

Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

, in joint venture with another Association, Komera Rwanda.

External links

A video about a mission in Gatare, Rwanda