Annual Humanitarian Day set to inspire: A Better World

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“The third thing is to inspire them to leave a mark or do more or simply start doing something if they’re not already doing it,” said Rajah.

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He said the event Saturday aims to inspire people to find ways to leave a mark of their own by doing positive work both locally and afar. Some of that inspiration comes from stories of people who have gotten involved with A Better World.

Some such examples of work done by A Better World include an entire dental team that traveled to do dental services as well as train local dentists. Rajah also said A Better World has done over 10,000 surgeries on children since they started, and a rehab team from Alberta Health Services travels to volunteer and assess and prepare patients for the next surgery.

A staggering statistic Rajah shared was that in 2013 there was 1 dentist for every 1665 patients in Canada, versus in 2016 there was 1 dentist for 42,000 people in Kenya, 1 dentist for 368,000 in Rwanda and 1 for 400,000 in Tanzania.

“That’ll give you an idea why it’s important to have volunteers not only to treat the patients but an emphasis on training the local people to do basic extractions or deal with toothaches and so on.”

World Humanitarian Day puts the focus for attendees on how they can get involved or what kinds of things we take for granted here that are privileges in the areas that A Better World works in.

One such example beyond clean water, are working toilets and proper sanitation.

“Lots of girls when they reach puberty they don’t want to come to school because there are not good toilet facilities. So we want to ensure that our big campaign is to put clean and private toilets for girls and boys in all the schools,” said Rajah.

Other goals down the line for A Better World include the attempts to eradicate the instances in which young girls give in to marriage.

“We want to build some dormitories in the schools so that the girls wouldn’t have to find themselves having to give in to marriage,” said Rajah.

Rajah said Saturday’s event could see as many as 1000 people come through the doors.

“We are really primarily giving opportunities for people to be involved and leave their mark. It’s not really about us at A Better world, it’s about these individuals leaving their mark.”

For more information on A Better World and the work they do visit www.abwcanada.ca