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32 I _The project gets under way It took nearly a year before our practice, Dental- Specialists, was able to launch the ‘Daktari for Maasai’ project. ‘Daktari for Maasai’ is Swahili and means ‘doctorsforMaasai’.Furnishedwiththebestinmobile equipment and full of enthusiasm and a spirit of adventure, we travelled to our objectives at Lake Manyara, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and theSerengeti. We were able to win over&BEYOND as our primary sponsor. This South African group oper- ates lodges in the regions where Daktari works on behalf of the Maasai and provides assistance to the project on a daily basis. On the one hand, this affords dentalandmedicalaidtoeventhemostremoteparts of Tanzania. Depending on the region, up to 90% of lodge staff are themselves Maasai in origin. Their families and other residents from surrounding vil- lages gratefully draw on the dental and medical aid weoffer.Todoso,theywilloftenwalk200kilometres– whileMaasaifromtheneighbouringMassaiMarawill cross the border with Kenia in order to receive dental treatmentfromus.Atthesametime,foraprojectlike ‘Daktari for Maasai’ to function, it is vital that it has reliable local partners like andBeyond to draw on. Throughthiscollaborativeeffort,theprojectreceives logisticalandcommunicationssupportateverylevel, affordingittheconsistency,securityandpredictabil- itythatthelocal&Beyondstaffprovideontheground. Thisalsoresultsinahighdegreeofconfidenceamong all those involved. The philosophy at &BEYOND always places the preservation and development of nature and wildlife in the centre–along with provid- ing practical support and development for the peo- ple in the regions where &BEYOND operates. This can come about by building schools and clinics, or it may well take the form of appointing doctors to the clinicsinordertoensureprimaryhealthcareservices. This is also what we provide through our collabora- tion with ‘Daktari for Maasai’, as we are in a position to offer highly specialised treatments that normally would be unavailable. At the time I headed out with my colleague at DentalSpecialists, Dr Caroline Kentsch, on our first pre-scouting trip to Tanzania, flying with CONDOR cone beam4_2014 I special _ aid project &BEYOND is the world’s leading provider of adventure travel and safaris. The company has its roots in SouthAfrica.The 2000 employees of &Beyond currently operate 33 lodges,mainly in premier national parks in both southern and easternAfrica aswellasinAsia.Indoingso, the company contributes to thepreservationofhundreds of rural communities and millions of acres of valuable and sometimes endangered wilderness while also serving as number 1 partner to the Daktari Project for the Maasai. _info roots CBE0414_30-36_Joergens 28.11.14 11:59 Seite 3 CBE0414_30-36_Joergens 28.11.1411:59 Seite 3