The first post at Himalayan Dentistry

November 21, 2008

Hi everyone, I’m Andrew.

I’ve know Bill for a number of years, initially as a business associate but this has developed into a great friendship over time.

I first knew of Bill’s vision to fix the kid’s teeth in Ladakh around 2006 when I had the pleasure of visiting Ladakh. The trip was a jolt of realty for me, reminding me of all the things we take for granted in our lavish, self – fulfilling lifestyles.

I was astounded at the momentum the Dental project gained last Himalayan summer and knew I had to be involved in this project in some capacity, technically a bit difficult, I’m a photographer not a dentist!

I’ve found my opening and hope it will be a useful contribution to the project. Together with Bill we have developed this website as a tool to help achieve the common goal of dental health in the Himalayan mountains.

My role will be to keep an eye on the nuts and bolts of the site, provide support where required by site users and try to keep things running as smoothly as possible.

The site is run on WordPress which is a very powerful publishing platform. Many people are familiar with WordPress but if you find you require assistance with setting up or posting your messages I have provided a support link in the website right panel. Shoot me an email and I’ll do my best to help you.
The site is almost running correctly, we have an email issue to sort out and the form on the contact page isn’t totally functional yet.
If you have trouble registering to set up an account, email me your username and password and I’ll set it up.
Posting images is easy and the upload function will size your images correctly for the post.

So here we go, I hope you will find this a useful forum to share experiences, ideas and aspirations and between us we can make life better for Himalayan children.

Julley
Andrew