Singer, songwriter, Lenny Kravitz, has teamed up with the Glo Foundation to provide a free pop up dental surgery for people living in Gregory Town, Eleuthera, an island of the Bahamas. The home of the celebrity is seeing its second year under the project, with great results.
The aim of the project is to provide people who would normally be unable to afford treatment access to high-quality service, advice and health screening. Kravitz was quoted on the Bahamas Weekly website discussing the initiative, “You might ask why start with dental but it’s something that I saw was extremely needed. There are so many people walking around with infections, with teeth that needed to be extracted, with no teeth. It’s beautiful to see this getting done, people walking out smiling, having teeth when they didn’t have teeth.”
The clinic opened its doors again this month, to the jubilation of the locals, where it saw an influx of people wanting to make use of the services provided. The parish hall was host to the clinic, where top of the range equipment and trained professionals from a world-famous clinic on Fifth Avenue, New York, were on hand to address the people’s needs. The atmosphere outside the parish hall echoed the sentiments of the people, with festivities and celebrations taking place to give thanks for the kindness and generosity shown. Kravitz aims to provide a permanent medical centre in the town within the next three to five years, where locals can access health and dental care completely free of charge.
