31 May 2012
The Northern District Times
By Scott Howlett
Dentists making a difference, Cecilia So and Cheng-Yee Rossiter in Marsfield. PHIL ROGERS
MARSFIELD dentist Cecilia So, 31, has inspired thousands of Cambodian orphans and children to pick up a toothbrush.
She has also encouraged other dentists, like Beecroft’s Cheng-Yee Rossiter, 46, to join her on her quest.
The idea sprung from Dr So’s Buddhist faith and a meeting with 85-year-old Paget Sayers, who owns the Buddhist Library in Camperdown.
The Hong Kong-born dentist, who has lived in Ryde and Marsfield since she was five, first visited Cambodia in 2008.
“When I came back to Australia I met Paget,” Dr So said.
“I told him my dream of setting up a clinic in rural Cambodia and we decided then and there the time was right and the Kampot Dental Clinic was born.”
Since 2008, the Kampot Dental Clinic has looked after about 1000 children a month.
Dr So said it was vital that other dentists such as Dr Rossiter volunteered in Cambodia, which he first visited in 2010.
“Cheng loves it so much be he brings his wife and kids,” Dr So said.
For more information go to buddhistlibrary.org.au or email dental@buddhistlibrary .org.au or phone 9519 6054.
She has also encouraged other dentists, like Beecroft’s Cheng-Yee Rossiter, 46, to join her on her quest.
The idea sprung from Dr So’s Buddhist faith and a meeting with 85-year-old Paget Sayers, who owns the Buddhist Library in Camperdown.
The Hong Kong-born dentist, who has lived in Ryde and Marsfield since she was five, first visited Cambodia in 2008.
“When I came back to Australia I met Paget,” Dr So said.
“I told him my dream of setting up a clinic in rural Cambodia and we decided then and there the time was right and the Kampot Dental Clinic was born.”
Since 2008, the Kampot Dental Clinic has looked after about 1000 children a month.
Dr So said it was vital that other dentists such as Dr Rossiter volunteered in Cambodia, which he first visited in 2010.
“Cheng loves it so much be he brings his wife and kids,” Dr So said.
For more information go to buddhistlibrary.org.au or email dental@buddhistlibrary .org.au or phone 9519 6054.
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