The foundation Oral Health Foundation Rwanda (OHFR) want in collaboration with the population contribute to the health of the poor peasants population of Rwanda. It does this through a commitment to better and structural dental facilities in Rwanda. Dentistry is part of the primary health care. Yet there is relatively little global attention to dentistry, as toothache can affect daily functioning quite negative. Because a healthy population is the foundation for good economic development, together with the educational development creates a stable and peaceful cooperation among peoples, seeks to contribute to the OHFR this way to good health.

The Oral Health Foundation Rwanda (OHFR) aims:

1. Providing oral surgical assistance to the people of Rwanda by deploying dentists associated with the OHFR.
2. To promote preventive dental care to Rwanda.
3. Providing Dental Preventive Programs (DPP) and Atraumatic Restorative Treatments (ART) in schools
4. Giving workshops on dentistry in Rwanda dental therapists.
5. Providing information and mediation for broadcast dentists to Rwanda.
6. Assistance in the design and optimization of dental clinics in Rwanda.
7. To perform all operations in the broadest sense of the word, which are conducive to achieving the above goals.

Method

To achieve its goal put the OHFR the following resources:

Setting up an infrastructure allowing dentists on a regular basis to visit the dental clinics. This contributes to the immediate improvement of dental care in rural communities. The existing infrastructure of the "health centers" (health centers) is used for this purpose. Not only curative care deserves attention, but certainly the preventive care.

Providing information on dental hygiene helps to prevent dental and general health problems. A dental training of local dental therapists working in the health centers, is a prerequisite for structural improvement of the dental care of the Rwandan population.

The education begins in schools. With education programs make the children acquainted with the oral care. The OHFR made a song in the local language Kinyarwanda, which the necessity of brushing explains. The OHFR have the song recorded on DVD and will be shown to the children during the DDP.