News
» Go to news mainHelping Hands outreach presentation
Caring for patients in the Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan
In November 2015, Dalhousie Dentistry alumni Drs. Asile and Asraa El-Darahali travelled to the Za鈥檃tari refugee camp, located near the Jordan-Syrian border, to give back to the international community and to 鈥渟hare Haligonian hospitality鈥. They provided badly needed oral health care to hundreds of refugees as part of an outreach mission through the Syrian American Medical Society.
On Thursday, April 7, the El-Darahali sisters will deliver a presentation on their experience. 鈥淗elping Hands: Bringing oral health care to our local and global community鈥 will focus on the lessons they learned along the way, and highlight the importance of giving back to one鈥檚 community, both at home and abroad.
鈥淗elping Hands鈥 will take place in the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (5850 College Street) in Theatre B from 6.00 to 7.00 PM, with a reception to follow. Admission is by donation (cash or cheque), with proceeds supporting the Halifax Dentistry Student Society for Refugees and the North End Community Health Dental Clinic Fund.
Recent News
- Strategic Plan: 2021鈥2026: Progress so far
- The 2025 Faculty of Dentistry Impact Award goes to Tarik Abdulkarim
- Dr. Leigha Rock takes on the presidency of the CADR
- Malek Mahmoud 鈥 A vision and a plan
- The 2024 QEII Foundation Diversity in Health Care Bursaries: Feeling seen and included
- Celebrating African Heritage Month with an award
- New Bachelor of Dental Hygiene degree programs to start in 2025鈥26
- Announcing a new path for licensure in Canada for internationally鈥憈rained dentists