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Issue No: 310, May 2015

The ADCERRA Dental Team Goes to Gujarat

Jacques (right) overseeing the training of village youth Each day in a different school in a rural, semi-tribal area of Gujarat, village children lined up for their first ever dental checkup. There were tears for a few, but in the end new smiles for all, thanks to a dedicated team of Aurovilians. In a remote part of India, the Auroville Dental Centre Education Research Rural Action (ADCERRA), known for its innovative rural treatment, conducted a dental camp in Baruch, Gujarat from the February 20th to March 3. Along with Jacques Verré, founder of ADCERRA, were team members Banumathi, Harikrishnan, Palani, Rakhal, Sengeni, Suriyagandhi, Tamilselvi and Tapas Bhatt (whose native town is in the area and who served as a translator). The camp was arranged by Aurovarata, of Syllogic Consultants through CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and funded by Century Enka Limited.  The team travelled by train for 30 hours to reach the destination and were accommodated in the...
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Issue No. 310, May 2015

  • The Challenges of Farming in Auroville
  • Growing Food, Growing People
  • Farming in Auroville: the tensions of growing and selling
  • Experiments in Hydroponics
  • Growing a Green City
  • "The Flute Must Be Played Through You"
  • What is Really Going on Here
  • My Pumpkin Roof
  • Village Youth Reach High
  • The ADCERRA Dental Team Goes to Gujarat
  • The English of Savitri Volume 1
  • Klaus Groujean (Passing)
  • Johan Defour (Passing)

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