Ke-Chung Wu

In the summer of 2008, I joined a volunteer dental service team to Bylakuppe, South India, which had deeply influenced me. We mostly served Tibetan children, to be more specific, refugees that had escaped from China for religious freedom. They were so young in age, but incredibly mature mentally because they had experienced more than adults normally do. By sharing the individual stories of their journey to the land we stood, I could clearly see the perseverance and strong will from their eyes. They risked their life crossing the magnificent Himalayas and tightly secured border for better education and pious religion. Besides dental services and oral health instructions, sports and magic tricks had brought us closer. It’s not only our friendship, concern, encouragement, but most importantly, it’s the love from the children that had made the volunteer service so meaningful and so unforgettable. As I cherish the serving experience, I start to realize that it’s such a great privilege to help others. At the same time, the more powerful you are, the more people could be possibly benefited by you. I’m lucky enough to be a dentist and I should certainly improve my professional knowledge to help others. Like the perseverance of the children, I have worked hard to make progress and strived for better dental skills since then.