Charity raises smiles for Togolese school children

The oral health charity donated the resources as part of a care package which was delivered to the school, around eight kilometres outside of Togo’s capital, Lomé.

At an acceptance celebration at the school, children, teachers, village elders and His Highness Torgbui Agbeve Cyrille (local traditional ruler of Akato-Viepe) welcomed the donations with beaming smiles.

Speaking on the donation, Amanda Oakey, director of educational resources at the Oral Health Foundation, said: “To have the opportunity to bring smiles these children’s faces is amazing.

“We take many things for granted in the UK – like being able to access quality oral health educational materials – we often forget how hard it is for some areas around the world.

“We hope that, by providing the children with the tools they need to look after their own oral health and educating many more children, in the coming years we can really make a huge difference in this community.”