Author Archives: Tasneem Ranalawala

East Africa, Project Rise

Dental camp reaches out to more than 2,000 in Tanzanian village

Posted on by Tasneem Ranalawala
Group photo of volunteer dentists, Dawoodi Bohra volunteers, teachers, and schoolchildren at the Project Rise Specialized Dental Camp in Tanzania.
30
Jul

This story was featured in Daily News Tanzania, which covered Project Rise’s three-day Dental Health and Oral Hygiene Camp in Sikonge District.  Over 3 days, from 17th to 19th July, hundreds of people from Ipole and neighbouring villages in Sikonge District received free dental checkups, treatment and health education at a Dental Health and Oral…

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Mombasa, News And Events, Project Rise

The Dawoodi Bohras of Mombasa mark World Environment Day with prison water project and tree-planting

Posted on by Tasneem Ranalawala
A Dawoodi Bohra volunteer and a Shimo la Tewa prison official shake hands at the borehole handover on World Environment Day, Mombasa.
08
Jun

A new borehole and water tank now stand at Shimo la Tewa Medium Prison in Mombasa, providing a reliable source of clean water for inmates and staff. The water project was officially handed over on 6 June as volunteers from the Dawoodi Bohra community joined prison staff and inmates to mark World Environment Day through…

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