Packing Up

All hands were on deck as we cleaned up a few days ago.  We couldn't believe that it was already time to pack everything up.  This trip could not have happened without the help of EVERYONE on the team!  We have been preparing since August for this trip, and day by day, we got better working together.  It was a strange feeling to pack it all down and move on.

The life expectancy here is age 55 for males and age 62 for females.  50% of Cambodians are between the ages of 18 and 34 due to genocide in the past.  The Cambodian health system mimics their social system, where the upper class gets anything they want, but the lower class gets nothing. We were able to give that lower class a piece of healthcare they rarely have access to.

After we were all packed up, we visited a local dentist office, Room Chang Dental.  We found out this is the largest dental office in Asia!  They have 30 dentists, 100 employees, and 9 floors to their facility!   The office was a great chance to see a fully-operating dental office in Cambodia, though.  Everyone had to take off street shoes to go in.  Dr. Tith showed us around.  He is an amazing doctor, and was miraculously spared by Khmer Rouge Soldiers when he was a boy.  He's here now changing lives through dentistry.