ABOUT US
Smiles on Wings is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides dental and medical care, humanitarian aid, and educational programming to underprivileged populations in Thailand. By providing communities with services, resources, and training, Smiles not only helps to improve health and well-being but also promotes self-reliance.
Smiles on Wings has been extensively involved with relief work in response to the Southeast Asia Tsunami of 2004 and has also worked with scores of villages in remote areas in Northern Thailand. Our dental clinics provide on-site treatment, preventive services, training, and oral health education. Our Education Programs provide full-tuition scholarships for deserving students to achieve higher education, and our team visits our scholars annually to provide in-person support and guidance.
Smiles on Wings has been extensively involved with relief work in response to the Southeast Asia Tsunami of 2004 and has also worked with scores of villages in remote areas in Northern Thailand. Our dental clinics provide on-site treatment, preventive services, training, and oral health education. Our Education Programs provide full-tuition scholarships for deserving students to achieve higher education, and our team visits our scholars annually to provide in-person support and guidance.
GOALS
- Provide emergent dental treatments as well as preventive care
- Provide dental education to communities to encourage long term self reliance
- Provide scholarships for higher education and dental training to enable long term continuation of services by locally trained providers in their home villages.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
The communities that we serve are always at the heart of any Smiles on Wings project. We choose villages and towns that need us most and concentrate our efforts to provide long-lasting resources to help them to thrive.
The communities that we serve are always at the heart of any Smiles on Wings project. We choose villages and towns that need us most and concentrate our efforts to provide long-lasting resources to help them to thrive.
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NORTHERN THAILAND
In the Mae Hong Son and Nan provinces, Smiles on Wings has well established relationships with several communities. We have helped build bathhouses, playgrounds and even engineered water filtration systems for these villages. Smiles provides scholarships to young women in high school and college who dream of becoming health care providers and teachers. The skills and knowledge these students gain enable them to provide long term continuation of services in their home villages. |
SOUTHERN THAILAND
When the devastating tsunami struck Southeast Asia on December 24, 2004, Smiles on Wings arrived in the Phang-nga province within two weeks to provide immediate and direct hands-on relief aid to the victims of the disaster. The people of this region are still in need of relief and Smiles is able to provide it with a grant from the American Dental Association Foundation. |
