{"id":2782,"date":"2015-06-22T09:55:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T09:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/?p=2782"},"modified":"2015-06-22T10:16:05","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T10:16:05","slug":"teeth-eyes-and-first-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/?p=2782","title":{"rendered":"Teeth, eyes and first aid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Falalay.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D2782&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/kat-dentist.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2811 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/kat-dentist-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"kat dentist\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/kat-dentist-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/kat-dentist.jpg 918w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We were very pleased when\u00c2 Juliet and Kat asked\u00c2 to come and do a volunteering placement with us recently. Juliet (a doctor) and Kat (a dentist) carried out\u00c2 specific &#8220;mini projects&#8221; during their time at Alalay and managed to get a lot achieved in a short time-frame. Alongside work as general volunteers, Kat ran dental health check-ups for all of our children, and Juliet ran eye tests and a beginner&#8217;s first aid course.<\/p>\n<p>Dental health is a huge issue amongst the Alalay kids &#8211; toothbrushes are hard to come by (and keep) on the streets, and sweets are plentiful, so many children come in with horrific rotten stumps instead of good milk teeth. Alalay therefore spends a a lot of money (and time!) taking children to the dentists. Kat spent time doing dental examinations with each child, enabling her to identify which children need further treatment, which we will help to fund. She also spoke\u00c2 with all our children\u00c2 about good dental hygiene, how to use a toothbrush and how to look after their teeth.<\/p>\n<p>Juliet&#8217;s basic eye tests mean that we have been able to identify which children need to go to the opticians for further check-ups, and then we will be purchasing glasses for any who may need them.<\/p>\n<p>And the beginner&#8217;s first aid course was a great opportunity to teach house parents and other staff how to deal with basic treatments and lifesaving techniques. Below\u00c2 you can see staff members proudly holding their first aid certificates.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2783\" style=\"width: 1278px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/juliet-first-aid.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2783\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2783\" src=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/juliet-first-aid.jpg\" alt=\"Juliet and her first aid students\" width=\"1268\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/juliet-first-aid.jpg 1268w, http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/juliet-first-aid-300x152.jpg 300w, http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/juliet-first-aid-1024x520.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1268px) 100vw, 1268px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juliet and her first aid students<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were very pleased when\u00c2 Juliet and Kat asked\u00c2 to come and do a volunteering placement with us recently. Juliet (a doctor) and Kat (a dentist) carried out\u00c2 specific &#8220;mini projects&#8221; during their time at Alalay and managed to get &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/?p=2782\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2782"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2782"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2819,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2782\/revisions\/2819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}