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201827 minPGdocumentary

education foreign-aid

Mozambique: Building a Future

201827 minPGdocumentary

A cooperation program between Canada and Mozambique trains students in dental therapy techniques developed by the National School of Dental Therapy in Saskatchewan.

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Mozambique: Building a Future

2018• 27 minPG

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A cooperation program between Canada and Mozambique trains students in dental therapy techniques developed by the National School of Dental Therapy in Saskatchewan.

Synopsis

This is the story of a unique cooperation program between Canada and Mozambique in which students from Mozambique are taught the special adaptations developed by the National School of Dental Therapy in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Charles Konowal - 1987

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