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Smile Menders to continue Planting new lungs for the town

Ukraine dental link The Mayor and Mayoress of Swindon and several members of the
council joined some five hundred people wearing wellington boots
Swindon's links with Ukraine will be strength- on 2 December to continue the long running project to turn the old
ened in August when Freshbrook dentist Shaw tip into a park of the future.
Brendon Ball, his wife Natasha and colleague (;
Richard Swift take a mobile dental unit to Organised by the Great
provide much needed care in rural areas. Western Community Forest,
The Link has featured Brendon and Richard's the tree plant added another
Natasha
efforts to bring relief to sufferers in the Cherkassy and Brendon Ball 2,000 saplings to the thou-
region of Ukraine over the last two years. sands that were planted at a
They've now formed a charity called Smile Menders to attract dona- similar event in 1999, and by
tions of materials, equipment and money to support their work. council staff since.
A former health authority dental caravan is being refurbished so it The 53 acre site will start
can be towed into remote rural areas to provide clean facilities for to take on the look of a park
examination and treatment. The dentists' plan to make the trip last year with woodlands and open
had to be postponed because of bureaucratic difficulties. spaces in about twenty
For details on how to help Smile Menders, call 873044. years, though forest officer
Dave Evans said that a cycle
route through it would be
BEVIRS WILLS ready within the next two.
"The team were delighted
Professionally drawn by that so many families and
supporters came along," he
SOLICITORS said. "There is a tremendous
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away with painted faces and Dean tree planting with Sumaya, Tata and
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The majority lack clean water
After their trip to Ocotal, described on the previous two pages, the
issue of sanitation and clean water are more important than ever for
the Mayor of Swindon Dave Cox and his partner Jenny Dean.
So they were pleased to support
a petition signature morning or-
Superb ganised by the Sticky youth group
from Christ Church in Old Town
Specialist in late November to promote the
nationwide Water Matters cam-
Cleaning of paign launched by Christian relief
agency Tearfund and water indus-
Carpets, try charity Water Aid.
The youngsters filled a bath in
Curtains, Regent Street with small buckets
to demonstrate that people in poor
Upholstery countries have to walk six kilome-
tres on average to find water. By
& Leather 2025, two thirds of the planet's
population will be facing water
shortages. "Water related diseases South Swindon MP Julia Drown
are the largest cause of death joined the Mayor and Mayoress and
worldwide," said Sticky group or- the Sticky petitioners to raise aware-
Recommended by most leading furnishing ganiser Rev Guy Donegan-Cross. ness of the shortage of clean water
retailers including Gilberts, Spillers, Normans David Cox said, "the lack of sani- phasised how lucky we are in Eu-
tation and clean water in Ocotal rope.
The petition calling for discus-
Call us now: 0808 144 5425 really brought home to us how sionand action on the global water
important it is to use water re-
sources well. They had been in a crisis will be passed on to the Prime
For your free evaluation drought and water was frequently Minister before he leaves for the
cut off during our stay which em- UN Earth Summit in September.