PROJECT YETI 2019 

PROJECT YETI 2019

The project is now in its eighth year and becoming well supported by a variety of mainly Australian volunteers. Dentists from India and the USA have also participated. The teams blended harmoniously adapting well to the new environmen...

Volunteer Dental Team led by John:

• Renae Liddell     Dental Assistant, Perth, Western Australia

• Jodie Billinger     Student Dental Hygienist, Adelaide, South Australia

• John Denton      Retired Dentist, Adelaide, South Australi...

The journey was much the same as previous visits. Long and tiring. 264 kilometres by rough road in

the back of a Mahindra SUV from Kathmandu to Salleri in the Mt Everest province of the

Solukhumbu, Nepal.

We had done it twice before, so we knew what to expect. This time t...

Dr Tim Topalov is taking a dental team to Chialsa in September 2019.

He is looking for an experienced dentist or dental therapist to join him.

It will involve travelling by road to Solukhumbu and spending a week working in the Shedrup Ling Monastery.

Accommodation and foo...

Three teams visited Nepal during the month. Two of the teams worked at Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu whilst the third group undertook the road trip to the countryside in Solukhumbu.

The three groups collectively examined and treated just over 700 patients. An amazing res...

I will be in Nepal in April with 3 teams of volunteers. Thanks to the generosity of the following sponsors further equipment and supplies the clinics at Kopan and Chialsa will be well equipped.

Heartfelt thanks to these people and all the volunteers who are prepared to...

Chailsa is a small Tibetan Buddhist Monastery about 280 kilometres east of Kathmandu in the Sulokhumbu. On a clear day, from the top of our hill, you can see Mt Everest, 70 kilometres away to the north.

We travel either by 4-wheel drive on a rough road for 12 plus hours...