GYPA Partners with OSU Dental Students to Bring Care, Treatment and Educational Programming to Uganda...

In the summer of 2007, Charu Gupta and Rebecca Goldberg established a partnership with GYPA. As a result of this fact-finding, dental education mission in Uganda Rebecca returned to OSU eager to enable the opportunity for other students to travel to Uganda.

This December, as part of a team of eight 3rd and 4th year Dental Students from Ohio State University Dental College, Rebecca Goldberg will lead a Dental Immersion in Uganda.

As emerging professionals in the dental field, the students feel compelled to serve and support those receiving substandard health and medical care, locally and globally.

In addition, students will donate supplies such as masks, gloves, amalgam, stainless steel crowns, and other materials to public, private and university dental facilities in need.

In order to make this experience possible, they are accepting donations here at the GYPA website. Please take a moment to help them achieve their mission to travel to Uganda this December.

Interview with Anna Phillips...
September 16, 2008

A few days ago, I had the chance to talk to Anna Phillips, the incredible 22-year-old founder of Girls Kick It!-- a comprehensive sports program for young women in northern Uganda. Anna created Girls Kick It! with the help of Global Youth Partnership for Africa (GYPA) to empower and educate women, many of whom have been affected by war and poverty, through sports. Interview continues here.