Mission

CDF is privileged to prayerfully and financially support those of our members who are serving overseas.

Although CDF is not a sending agency, it encourages its members to support international dental work as well as making members aware of opportunities to serve overseas, both on a short-term and long-term basis.

James and Anna Hunter

James and Anna, along with children Max and Phoebe, are a family from the UK who, in August 2025, relocated to Liberia on the Atlantic coast, to serve with the mission organisation SIM (Serving in Mission). James is working at Trinity Dental Clinic, and teaching at the Liberia Dental Therapy School, and Anna is looking forward to helping wherever she can, alongside caring for Max and Phoebe. In agreement with SIM’s “Convinced” statement, the Hunters believe that no one should live and die without hearing God’s good news, and that he has called them to make disciples of Jesus Christ in communities where he is least known. Their prayer is that they will be able to show Jesus’ love to the people of Liberia as they undertake this work. 

You can read a bit more about the Hunter family on their website www.thehuntersinliberia.co.uk

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Debbie and Julian Hardyman

Debbie and Julian Hardyman have been working in Northern Madagascar since May 2023 with SIM. They are based at the Good News Hospital www.mandritsara.org.uk It is a remote area and it seems that almost everyone has poor dentition! There is a huge need for oral health promotion as well as for compassionate and safe treatment. Julian is working alongside local church leaders and is involved in going out to villages for teaching and evangelism. We are working hard on language acquisition and are feeling a part of life here.
 
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Short term dental mission opportunities

There are several short term dental mission opportunities around the world that CDF members are associated with. If you’re interested in going on a short term dental mission we hope you’ll find something of interest here. Follow the links for more information on the organisations.

If you have been on, or are going on a short term mission trip with an organisation not listed below, please get in touch (so that we can update the short term dental missions list) and we will review its suitability for association with CDF.

If you are a student thinking about an overseas elective opportunity, you are welcome to apply for the Alan Vogt Elective Bursary Scheme – see the students page for more details. 

Click here to contact the CDF Mission Partner Secretary

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