Colgate rural initiative aimed at disseminating information and spreading the message of oral hygiene to children and their families in schools and rural centres. Dental check up camps were supervised by teams of dentists and organisers who interacted with over 1 lakh people teaching them the benefits of oral hygiene. The campaign successfully targeted over 156 villages in Uttar Pradesh in association with Project Disha and 36 villages in Maharashtra.
Colgate rural initiative aimed at disseminating information and spreading the message of oral hygiene to children and their families in schools and rural centres. Dental check up camps were supervised by teams of dentists and organisers who interacted with over 1 lakh people teaching them the benefits of oral hygiene. The campaign successfully targeted over 156 villages in Uttar Pradesh in association with Project Disha and 36 villages in Maharashtra.
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Colgate rural initiative aimed at disseminating information and spreading the message of oral hygiene to children and their families in schools and rural centres. Dental check up camps were supervised by teams of dentists and organisers who interacted with over 1 lakh people teaching them the benefits of oral hygiene. The campaign successfully targeted over 156 villages in Uttar Pradesh in association with Project Disha and 36 villages in Maharashtra.
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The Colgate Rural Initiative, targeted at rural areas with a population
between thirty and a hundred thousand people, aimed at disseminating
information and spreading the message of oral hygiene to children and their families in schools and rural centres. To this effect, Colgate conducted dental check ups in along with various activities at schools.
The dental check up camps were supervised by teams of dentists and
organisers who interacted with over 1 lakh people teaching them the benefits of oral hygiene. Children were targeted through “infotainment” – activities that included interactive activities like essay writing and painting competitions centred around the “Spread a Smile” theme.
Colgate, a company also tied up with ITC E-Choupal and Rotary to spread the message of dental care and oral hygiene to villages across India.
The campaign successfully targeted over 156 villages in Uttar Pradesh in
association with Project Disha and 36 villages in Maharashtra. In addition, dental camps were also conducted in the Dussera Mela at Kota.
Dental checkups and school activities have succeeded in spreading the
message of 'Zero Tooth Decay' to children and adults in around 433 villages and towns, bringing a brighter, bigger smile to rural India. This grass root initiative went a long way in helping Colgate touch base with consumers in the interiors.