Hygiene in the Himalayas

I've volunteered at several free clinics in different cities where I've lived, but always wanted to travel to a remote area to provide dental hygiene care. The opportunity came for me last November when I was invited to visit a remote orphanage in Tawang, India, with the Amrit Davaa World Health Corp. This is a group founded by Dr. Natalie Nevins, a physician in the Los Angeles area and her husband Paul Arentz, who is also my stepson and a former dental assistant. Dr. Nevins owns a wellness center within a yoga center in Hollywood where a request came from a monk in India asking for help with medical problems among the children in his orphanage. Dr. Nevins worked tirelessly and in record time the trip was organized with nearly $100,000 in supplies and equipment donated by Direct Relief. Three physicians, a nurse from California, four pediatric residents from Calcutta, India, and I made up the medical/dental team.