Mission Statement

We at GKAT are aiming to improve oral health for low-income and underprivileged children by providing oral health resources for local communities

Vision statement

To develop a network throughout the globe to help provide donated oral hygiene supplies to communities in need

• We at GKAT are aiming to improve oral hygiene throughout the world. We believe that the most important first step is to encourage and educate children about oral health. We are also aiming to mitigate the disparity between different socio-economic classes in regards to oral hygiene. Per American Dental Association more than half of children develop caries by the age 3. This is more so in low income children, as it was found that childhood caries was the number one reason for absence from the school. Because of these disparities, community outreach is necessary in order to effectively assess and alleviate this issue. As a result, we will use our resources to the best of our ability to improve the oral hygiene of kids all over the world. But we need you and your community’s help first.

Founder

Jay Tipirneni

Jay Tipirneni is a student at Sequoia High School in Redwood City, CA who started this non-profit with his sister, to help underprivileged children to improve their oral health using his own privilege. He is passionate about politics and active in cryptocurrency, journalism, and business, and is hoping to expand more into the non-profit space. Though he has little interest in studying dentistry, he is deeply interested in helping people, which is how this organization was able to come to fruition