Bring smiles back to the neighbourhood

One dentist in the jungle of El Zonte, thousands of strangers on the internet, and a Bitcoin fund that four years later still pays for every appointment.

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The hands that did the work

Enrique Berrios

Dr. Enrique Berrios in his dental chair
Dr. Enrique Berrios · Diente Zonte

"Surrounded by colourful birds, mango trees, snakes and insects, and of course the blue sky and ocean."

The area's only dentist for sixteen years. His clinic is six metres by four, jungle on every side. He treated neighbours who could not pay long before anyone said the word Bitcoin to him. Every treatment in this report happened in his chair.

Watch the smiles come back

Work in the hills of El Zonte is paid by the day, and a dentist was always out of reach — some neighbours had not seen one in forty years. Then the internet showed up.

Watch with sound

2,741 people

from all over the internet funded it

1.9 BTC

raised on free software. The goal was 1. Zero fees, zero middlemen

Where it went

Four years of appointments, one fund

500+

patients treated, free of charge

80+

full dental reconstructions, teeth rebuilt from nothing

300+

children given preventive care before the damage starts

Antonia after treatment
Arcely after treatment
Blanca after treatment

From the clinic's records · drag to compare · published with permission

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