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Mormons Around the World Country Newsroom Websites November 9, 2015

MormonNewsroom.org features stories from its international Newsroom websites to share what leaders and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around the world are doing to better the communities in which they live.

 Pacific: Improved Oral Hygiene Helps Solomon Islands Communities
Mormon missionary couple David and Theresa Nish, while serving in the Pacific islands, discovered a community need in which they could assist, oral hygiene. “We found they [some residents] weren’t brushing their teeth,” David remarked. “They didn’t know about toothbrushes or toothpaste and that they should brush their teeth.” 

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