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100 Humanitarians International
100 Humanitarian’s mission is to mentor families globally through self-reliance, education and entrepreneurship in an effort to eliminate physical, mental, spiritual and emotional poverty, while preserving culture and tradition. They are focused on helping people in Kenya, Africa.
What to expect on a humanitarian trip with 100 Humanitarians:
100 Humanitarians provides both preplanned trips as well as the option of customizing a trip for interested dental care providers. An expedition to Kenya with 100 Humanitarians International promises an unforgettable journey filled with service, culture, and an epic safari. You will engage in life-changing service projects, aiding local communities through sustainable food, clean water, education, and health. You will immerse yourself in Kenyan culture, learning Swahili phrases, sampling diverse cuisines, and participating in vibrant dances. Visiting traditional Maasai villages offers a glimpse into age-old customs. Amid this transformative experience, you will embark on an epic safari, exploring Kenya’s breathtaking national park, the Maasai Mara. In this untamed landscape, you encounter the “Big Five” and countless other species, creating memories that blend service, culture, and the wonders of the wild.
Upcoming Service Trips with 100 Humanitarians
September 24 – October 4, 2026
October 8 – 18, 2026
November 5 – 15, 2026
100 Humanitarians is a GREAT option for Academy members who’s schedules require a bit more flexibility. You can learn more about them on their website at www.100humanitarians.com
For more information or to get involved contact Marissa Waldrup, 801-513-3454, marissa@100humanitarians.com or Heidi Totten, 801-414-1564, heidi@100humanitarians.com
Arizona Healthcare Outreach – Phoenix, AZ
For opportunities to serve closer to home in Arizona, contact Arizona Healthcare Outreach . Collette Barr 480-830-9555
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Ayuda Humanitarian
AYUDA Humanitarian has been providing humanitarian service for over 3 decades. Every year AYUDA Humanitarian organizes week-long missions to provide dental care and various service activities to communities in need around the world. Our volunteer teams of dentists, dental specialists, physicians, hygienists, dental assistants, family members and friends work together to serve global communities in need. As a private non-profit dental organization, AYUDA Humanitarian is 100 percent volunteer and donation-driven.
Their focus is on service in Peru and Dominican Republic. AYUDA has planned trips to multiple locations, however, and is happy to help plan a trip to a specific location if volunteers are interested in serving.
What to expect on a humanitarian trip with Ayuda Humanitarian:
Ayuda Humanitarian’s goal is to improve the quality of life of each individual they serve. Their groups are normally smaller. On their last trip they had 7 dentists (one an endodontist), 3 medical doctors, 3 hygienists, and one oral surgeon. With family members and others, including an engineer who takes care of their equipment, they had a total of 43 people who went. On their week-long humanitarian trips they visit various underserved areas around the world. They give oral hygiene instruction and toothbrushes to those treated and their family members so they can take responsibility for their oral health. Specialists will perform a variety of needed dental procedures, including cleanings, fillings, composites, root canals, and extractions. Volunteers do service projects for in-need communities, such as providing clothing, school supplies, hygiene kits and sports equipment for youth. Our dental and medical professionals demonstrate and teach techniques to other dental and medical providers in the international communities we visit.
For more information on making a donation or participating in a Service Trip with AYUDA Humanitarian email info@ayudahumanitarian.com .
Become>More
Our Mission: Increase Prosperity & End Extreme Poverty…One Village at a Time…
In the 1970’s, Cambodia experienced a massive genocide that reset the clock on economic progress. Become More provides sponsorship for rural villages – assisting with the needed health, education, and means to experience savings for households.
Upcoming Service Trips with Become>More:
November 5-15, 2026
November 19-29, 2026
What to expect on a humanitarian trip with Become>More:
- Meet Sponsored Families: Connect with the families your contributions have helped. Witness firsthand the sustainable impact of the Fat Cow Family Farms in our sponsor villages.
- Make a Direct Impact: Engage in hands-on projects like providing dental care to hundreds of students and participating in community ranch development.
- Learn About Development Challenges: Understand the obstacles in health, education, and economic development through direct engagement. See how the Become More solution catalyzes community prosperity.
- Cultural Immersion: Dive into the local culture, traditions, and daily life. Forge meaningful relationships and gain a deeper appreciation of Cambodian communities.
- Personal Growth: Embark on a journey of self-discovery and skill development, enriching your global perspective and personal growth.
To get more information on Become>More or to sign up for a trip visit their website at becomemorecharity.org.
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Bingham Family Clinic
The Bingham Family Clinic is opening its doors to uninsured individuals and families in Utah County—and dental professionals have a unique opportunity to shape the care patients receive from day one. The clinic provides high‑quality medical and dental services at no cost to patients, removing financial barriers that often delay or prevent essential treatment.
A core part of the clinic’s model relies on students providing the majority of dental services under the guidance of licensed clinicians. This creates a powerful dual impact: patients receive compassionate, timely care, and students gain hands‑on experience in a supportive, service‑driven environment.
How Dental Providers Can Serve
Volunteer clinicians are needed to:
- Mentor and supervise dental students during patient care
- Support preventative and routine dental services
- Guide students through diagnosis, treatment planning, and patient communication
- Help ensure continuity of care for individuals who often fall through the cracks of the healthcare system
- Preventative and routine dental care
- Management of common dental concerns
- Integration with medical, mental health, and community resource services
Every hour donated becomes real care for a real person—and meaningful mentorship for the next generation of dental professionals.
If you’re ready to make a difference through clinical service and student mentorship, learn more at www.binghamfamilyclinic.org. or contact Dix Densley, DDS at 503-319-9835 d.densleydds@gmail.com
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Charity Anywhere Foundation
Charity Anywhere is a non-profit organization dedicated to giving service to anyone, anywhere in the world. We have organized service projects as close to home as Twin Falls, Idaho and as far away as Ecuador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Mexico. We organize Dental and Medical expeditions as well as construction and re-construction projects. We normally organize 4 expeditions to Tijuana Mexico every year. Including Christmas, Spring Break, Summer Break and Fall. We have an office in Quito Ecuador which organizes Free Dental and Medical Clinics throughout Ecuador. Charity Anywhere Foundation’s mission is to give ordinary people the life-changing opportunity to provide needed medical care, dental services as well as help construct basic shelter in less developed countries in the most economical way possible, while concurrently forever changing the mind and heart of the volunteer for good.
What to expect on a humanitarian trip with Charity Anywhere Foundation
Church Dental Advisory Committee – Dental Missions
Opportunities are available in a number of locations throughout the world for those who can commit 18 to 23 months and are prepared to serve as Area Dental Advisers for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. These Area Dental Advisers are called as full-time missionaries and serve as critical resources for the Area, providing care for:
- Missionaries entering the MTC that have been unable to receive basic dental care meeting mission standards,
- Currently serving missionaries who develop a critical problem during their missions, and
- Future missionaries preparing to serve.
Additionally, they work with Area Medical Advisers and Mission Nurses to properly triage emerging oral health needs with the missionaries and other missionary duties as may be assigned. The Ensign Academy of Dentistry (formerly the Academy of LDS Dentists) works with the Church to help provide resources for dental missionaries in different Church clinics throughout the world.
As dentists, we are uniquely skilled to provide this needed resource as part of the Bishop’s Storehouse, in furthering the Work of Salvation and hastening the work. The rewards of this level of consecrated service to the Lord are enormous, and you will feel His guiding hand on yours – both clinically and spiritually – as you serve as a full-time dental missionary. Language skills are helpful in some locations, but maintaining your dental license and your physical, spiritual, and financial health are the most critical elements necessary in order to serve.
The Senior Missionary Opportunities Bulletin: The Church currently has active programs in the Philippines, Tonga, Samoa, and PROVO.
Contact Elder Brad Smith, 480-399-3450, Smith@ChurchofJesusChrist.org, for the details regarding each location prior to contacting your bishop and stake president to prepare your missionary application.
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Community Building Community – Midvale, UT
Community Building Community is a volunteer Dental Clinic located in Midvale, Utah with service opportunities for those with limited time or wishing to serve closer to home. Dentist volunteers can choose to work 1/2 day or a full day by the week or the month. They’re open Monday-Saturday to the general public. Dental and pre-dental students as well as dental hygiene students are also encouraged to volunteer.
Contact: Cathy or Tiffany, 385-887-9002 or tvelasco@midvalecbc.org
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Davis Donated Dental Services – Kaysville, UT
Davis Donated Dental, a program of Salt Lake Donated Dental Services, provides dental service to disadvantaged and in-need individuals in the Davis County area. They coordinate with a variety of humanitarian service organizations to help patrons get the dental assistance they need. If you’re interested in serving you would contact them and expect to spend a half day on a Friday. Alternatively you can volunteer for a full day on a Tuesday. Both dentists and hygienists are needed.
Contact: Lorna Koci – lorna@donateddental.org / 801-631-3218
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Dental Legacy Foundation
Dental Legacy Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to improving access to essential dental care. They provide treatment and oral hygiene education to underserved communities around the world, leaving a legacy of smiles. Currently, they are focused on Tanzania, where the dental care shortage is critical. In rural areas, one dentist serves an average of 400,000 people—a stark contrast to the 1,650-to-1 ratio in the U.S. Many endure years of pain, and 76% of children under 12 have never seen a dentist.
With the generous support of their volunteers and donations, they are changing this reality. By delivering care, training local dental professionals, and equipping communities with vital tools, they’re creating a sustainable path to brighter, healthier futures. Join them and be a part of this life-changing cause.
What to expect on a humanitarian trip with Dental Legacy Foundation:
The Tanzania mission trip is a collaborative project. They partner with the Missionaries of Precious Blood Society in Tanzania. The Missionaries of the Precious Blood Society run the St. Gaspar Hospital in Itigi, Tanzania. In 2022 members of DLF and the Missionaries of the Precious Blood helped establish 2 dental clinics; One at the Hospital in Itigi, and a second clinic in the village of Malongwe at the Malongwe dispensary. They may also set up some additional temporary Dental Clinic’s in neighboring villages where the they have resources. Volunteers will assist in setting up the temporary clinics at the start of the trip and help take them down at the end of the trip.
Upcoming Service Trips with Dental Legacy Foundation
For more information visit their website; dentallegacyfoundation.org, or contact: (208) 670-2651, ryan@dentallegacyfoundation.org
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Dental Lifeline Network (Donated Dental Services Program)
Dental Lifeline Network is a national charitable organization whose mission is to improve the oral health of people with disabilities or who are elderly or medically fragile, and have no other way of getting the treatment they need. This is accomplished through a network of volunteer dentists and dental laboratories who generously donate their time and expertise through Dental Lifeline Network to provide lifechanging treatment to patients most in need. Dental Lifeline Network connects volunteers with patients, and handles all coordination so that volunteers can focus on treatment.
Since inception in 1985, over 167,000 participants have received lifechanging dental treatment through this program, bettering their quality of life in a variety of ways, including restored smiles and confidence, improved employment opportunities, and even clearing up infections to enable patients to receive lifesaving surgeries. If you are a dentist or a lab interested in providing charitable care to those in need, DLN wants your help. From clearing up painful dental infections and helping others eat again, volunteering with DLN will make a lifechanging difference. If you or your colleagues would like to volunteer to see one patient a year, you may sign up at WillYouSeeOne.org. Or, if you would like to donate to Dental Lifeline Network, visit DentalLifeline.org/Donate.
Donated Dental Services (DDS), a program of the Dental Lifeline Network (DLN), is a collaborative, direct way that the dental profession reaches out to our nation’s most vulnerable people; disabled, elderly or medically-compromised individuals who cannot afford necessary treatment nor get public aid such as Medicaid or Medicare. Dental professionals do this by volunteering their dental services at no charge.
Participation could not be easier. Dentists and labs take care of the patients. DLN’s Donated Dental Services program takes care of everything else.
“The altruistic activities of DLN are unprecedented:
- Needy patients are analyzed by a social worker before they even qualify to be assisted by DLN.
- You are given the opportunity to treat the patient in your own office free of charge.
- You are working in a familiar environment with your own employees.
- You do not have to travel.
- You can combine these patients on days that you are accomplishing your normal treatment.
- The patients are very reliable.
- If laboratory work is necessary, dental laboratories associated with DLN provide their services free of charge.
- Your services for the patient usually allows them to go back to work, become a normal citizen, get out of ill health, overcome threatening potential systemic maladies related to their oral disease, and very importantly regain self-esteem and well being.
- The payment for you is just as you would expect – profound gratitude, thanks beyond belief, and tears of joy.
Get involved, and you will be richly rewarded.” –Dr. Gordon Christensen
Contact: Katie Wienecke 303-407-1107 , kwienecke@dentallifeline.org
For more information about this program, please call 303.534.5360, visit dentallifeline.org, or view the following video: WHY VOLUNTEER
Click here to sign up as a volunteer
Dental Outreach Relief
The core mission of Dental Outreach Relief is to provide emergency dental care and prevention education to remote areas across the globe where access to these services is difficult. Dental Outreach Relief Foundation provides free dental care to those who need it most. They are committed to providing the care that is needed to those who may have trouble accessing reliable dental services. They believe that everyone deserves the dignity of having their dental care needs met, and they are dedicated to serving those who need it most.
Upcoming Service Trips with Dental Outreach Relief:
To learn about the current trip opportunities with Dental Outreach Relief visit their website.
If you have questions or need further information please contact Dr. Matt Jensen: 623-606-2217, mathewjensen72@gmail.com
www.dentaloutreachrelieffoundation.com
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Dominican Starfish Foundation
Founded in 2012, Dominican Starfish Foundation is focused on providing humanitarian service in the Dominican Republic. Dominican Starfish Foundation partners with Ayuda Humanitarian to serve those in the Dominican Republic. Bill Maxfield from Ayuda shared the following;
“Using the solicited funds provided by the Ensign Academy of Dentistry, for which we thank you very much, we purchased and recently received a portable dental unit to be permanently assigned to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic to be used by dentists who wish to travel there with the Dominican Starfish Foundation. This unit has its own compressor which allows it to be transported wherever there is electricity. Louise [Founder of Dominican Starfish Foundation] plans to use it at the community center she built and at the school for Haitian refugees. Louise has, since 2012, taken 100% of donations and built over 250 sturdy cement homes in Puerto Plata that will last generations for people formerly living in tattered shacks that we wouldn’t put chickens in. She has done absolutely incredible work!”
What to expect on a humanitarian trip with Dominican Starfish Foundation
For Information on upcoming service trips with Dominican Starfish Foundation or other ways you can contribute to or work with them contact: 403-393-3491, info@dominicanstarfish.org or visit their website Dominicanstarfish.com
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Global Dental Partners
Global Dental Partners is a humanitarian organization donating dental-care around the world. GDP is supported by volunteer dental providers. They believe that good oral health improves the health of our bodies, provide self-confidence and increase quality of our lives. It is their goal to educate people here and in underdeveloped countries about the benefits of good oral health and tooth-loss prevention while relieving those in pain. Global Dental Partners has dental clinics located across Latin America in Honduras, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. They also have access to a great dental clinic in Guatemala City. They do a lot of donated dental care for young men and young women preparing to serve missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They also provide dental care for children, adults and families living in poverty in each country they serve.
What to expect on a humanitarian trip with Global Dental Partners:
Each trip with Global Dental Partners is a unique experience. You can expect some wonderful interactions with the locals as you work with other volunteers to provide service to these grateful recipients. You can expect fun along with heart touching service. At GDP we prioritize safety and enjoyment for our volunteers as we strive to fulfill our mission of service. You can find information on scheduled expeditions on our website. We also organize private trips for those who would like to take their own group on a fantastic humanitarian trip. These trips must work into their schedule and must involve a minimum of 12 participants. All of their humanitarian dental trips also include other humanitarian work outside of their dental clinics. Global Dental Partner’s trips are ideal for those without clinical dental skills or experience.
TRAINING SERVICE TRIPS: GDP offers training trips in addition to their regular Humanitarian Service Trips. Visit their website for more information on these treips. Please note that all active members of the Ensign Academy of Dentistry will receive a 20% discount for the course.
Upcoming Service Trips with Global Dental Partners:
October 10-17, 2026 – Merida, Mexico
November 9-13, 2026 – Merica, Mexico TRAINING COURSE TRIP
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Hirsche Smiles Foundation
The Hirsche Smiles Foundation dental team is a dedicated team committed to bringing smiles and relief to underserved communities by providing free dental services and hygiene education. Our Foundation has sent dental teams to Guatemala 37 times, Peru 2 times, and Liberia Africa 2 times. With compassion and expertise, our team of professionals and volunteers offer essential dental care—fluoride treatments, extractions, restorations, and preventative education—helping to alleviate pain and prevent future dental issues. By empowering individuals with the knowledge and tools for better oral health, we’re not just treating teeth—we’re transforming lives, one smile at a time. Our team is always looking for volunteers to help with projects, fundraising and trip efforts.
For more information on upcoming service trips or getting involved with Hirsche Smiles Foundation contact Kathy Ross at rosskathyd@gmail.com or
Remote Area Medical (RAM)
Preventing pain and alleviating suffering since 1985. Remote Area Medical (RAM®) has provided free healthcare services to those in need through the operation of mobile pop-up clinics around the country. RAM’s free clinics deliver quality services to underserved and uninsured individuals who do not have access to or cannot afford a doctor. Today, more than 977,000 individuals have received this free care.
What to expect when volunteering with RAM
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Salt Lake Donated Dental Services Clinic
In 1990 Dr. Ralph Montgomery recognized access to oral health care for the low-income and homeless within our community was nearly nonexistent. So many individuals and families were forced to go without much needed dental care. Often restorable teeth were extracted because there were simply no other options available. Dr. Montgomery believed that a healthy smile should not be limited to those with financial means. As a result, he founded Salt Lake Donated Dental Services (SLDDS).
To date, SLDDS offers a tremendous opportunity to give back to the communities we live in. The Salt Lake County clinic has five operating rooms, and the Davis County clinic offers a 10-operatory state-of-the-
Volunteering has never been easier! Dentists and hygienists are welcome to use the experienced and qualified dental assistants on staff or bring their own team. The clinic will schedule patients, provide equipment and materials, and maintain patient records. All you have to do is show up! The clinic is dedicated to working with the volunteers’ schedules and offers flexible hours: morning or afternoon shifts are available. All volunteer dental professionals are eligible for continuing education (CE) credits for the time they donate.
For more information about the opportunity and to schedule your next volunteer day, please contact Sasha Harvey, SLDDS’ Executive Director.
- Address: 1383 South 900 West, Ste. 128 Salt Lake City, UT 84104
- Email: volunteer@
donateddental.org - Website: www.donateddental.org
- Phone: 801-972-2747
Santiago Panama Mission Adventure
Santiago Panama Mission Adventuress (SPMA) Mission Panama is a registered religious non-profit mission organization registered with the state of Texas and is a tax deductible organization for all donors.
SPMA ministers primarily to the indigenous and marginalized populations located in the region of Veraguas, Panama. The two main indigenous populations are the Bulge’ and Ngobe Indians located in the jungle areas of Veraguas. Our focus of ministry entails providing medical care and treatment in general medicine, dentistry, vision, therapy (OT and PT), and chiropractic through partnerships with short-term teams stemming from churches, teaching universities, hospital non-profits, and other NGO’s.
We have partnered with the Panamanian Ministry of Health as a means of facilitating Panama reaching their medical goals without duplication of services. This allows us the continued use of government medical outposts and clinics and coordinated collaboration of the medical
communities of Panama. We also are engaged in educational efforts by providing children and women’s health education through workshops both to our constituents as well as the Panamanian medical community.
Our Respite Center is one of many projects that we manage to address the economic, health and spiritual needs of our indigenous communities who have virtually no infrastructure to call upon.
Our vision, priorities, and strategy stem from the acrostic, PRAY© taken from Jesus’ prayer, ”. . . the harvest is much and the laborers are few, PRAY that the Lord of the harvest sends more workers” Matt. 9:35-38. Simply stated, PRAY summarizes what we do:
P- establish a Christ presence in communities in Panama (“and the word became flesh and dwelt among us!)
R- Relationships, sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ to bring healing to the two most important relationships, our relationship with God and our relationship with our neighbor. (Jesus was asked to summarize the law of the prophets and his response was, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, and soul and love thy neighbor as thyself.”)
A- Assess and act. We are intentional about being strategic and avoid random acts of kindness, our work is focused and purposeful to bring about the maximum outcome possible. What we do the week before lays the bricks for the following week to build sustainable and lasting results. So when we make our assessments and find that we can act, we reach out to our partners with the ultimate response . . .
Y- Yes Lord, Here Am I, Send Me! We cannot do what we do with our partners who are passionate about fulfilling God’s prayers to send more workers and who want to make a difference in the world around us with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
SPMA moves beyond just medical missions but also ministers to the marginalized populations through construction projects, church building, clean water projects, and educational projects such as the installation of libraries in communities and schools. To address the systemic health problems such a respiratory and vision problems attributed to smoke inhalation, we also build chimney stoves throughout in individual homes for critical patients who suffer from this.
Throughout each of these efforts, spiritual care and nurture are a priority with passion and love keeping in mind that the spiritual health of our constituents is just as important as the temporal.
In summary, if there is a need that we can address that affects the whole person and we can meet it, we will make every effort to do so. All of our work is accomplished collaboratively with local Panamanian churches to help reinforce their spiritual ministry to Panamanians. Pray for the ministry here in Panama as we seek to meet the goals of PRAY in our communities.
Grace and Peace,
Rev. Dr. David and Cindy Ceballos
Missionaries to Panama
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Zion Care International
Zion Care International (ZCI) is a non-profit organization founded by Rev. Dr. Craig Brown in 2010. One of ZCI’s fundamental principle, is to provide exceptional care to impoverished, underserved, communities around the world. The values that support the ZCI mission and vision include: Excellence, Respect , Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, and Service. ZCI’s mission is to provide leadership in interdisciplinary education, research, and service and advocate for health and development in resource limited settings around the world. Their approach is to establish sustainable, scalable health and development programs in resource limited settings through innovative, multidisciplinary approaches rooted ln strong academic research and training, and pragmatic community partnerships. This includes; Building capacity for sustainable health initiatives, increasing opportunities for innovative global health education and training, fostering collaboration among local, national and international partners and advocating for vulnerable populations.
ZCI is registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt Organization. Your contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
For more information on serving with Zion Care International visit their website; https://www.zioncareinternational.org/ contact them by email at Bishopatzion@gmail.com or phone at (917) 470-1728.
What to expect on a humanitarian trip with Zion Care International
ZCI has a FAQ page on their website that lets you know what to expect on a service trip with their organization. You can find that here; https://www.zioncareinternational.org/trip-faqs