Dr. Bruno Kuloba, a graduate of Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry serving as an OMS in the U.S. Navy, received a $2,500 Global Initiative for Volunteerism and Education (GIVE) stipend from the OMS Foundation to serve with Smile Bangladesh in March 2019. Already a seasoned volunteer with Jamaica Awareness Association of California, Dr. Kuloba understood the value of a skilled set of hands paired with a generous heart.
Dr. Kuloba credits GIVE with helping to crystallize his ambitions.
We could read the gratitude in the parents’ faces post-op – with the stigma of the cleft deformity gone, their child’s life was forever changed . This experience touched my heart and broadened my horizons. I’m thankful for the clinical training I received, and I’m already looking for more. From there, it was a logical decision to become a Foundation donor. I want to help make opportunities like this available to others.