missions

Our team of ten eager volunteers was so excited to return to serve our friends in Nicaragua! Working on only a few hours of sleep, we jumped right in to setting up and treating patients at Club Esperanza.  In the...

Rob Ayers, Hearts, Hands & Smiles, and Ecuadent partnering together to treat patients and donate supplies in Ecuador. Rob joined up with two groups in Ecuador this winter.  First, he served with a group of dental students to treat patients...

On July 13th a Hearts, Hands & Smiles team of volunteers travelled to Costa Rica to treat children in the Guanacaste region. We worked alongside Creciendo Juntos, a local organization with a vision to bring communities, companies, individuals and institutions together to transform their region.  The team at...

Our return back to Nicaragua was a huge success This was due in part to the generous donations we received and our team of 16 volunteers who made it all possible.  We provided almost 900 dental procedures in 6 days. ...

Although this was not an official mission per se, and was planned to setup our 2018 dental mission, it turned out to be so much more than just a planning trip. Accompanied by family members from The Farm Bakery and...

Our first official, inaugural mission took place on the Pacific Coast of Nicaragua where we treated in the areas of Villa El Carmen and in a couple of remote villages in the area. We travelled with a team of (12)...

Although this was not an official mission, it was what prompted the formation of The Hearts, Hands & Smiles Foundation. After the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake, Rob Ayers travelled to Esmeraldas, Ecuador where he joined up with his Ecuadorian naval...