100-plus join sponsored walk to honour dentist Anoop Maini

The charity provides a rolling solution to water carriers in India. Participants walked two miles around the boating lake in Regent’s Park in London, each carrying heavy bottles of water, in a bid to experience what carrying water in rural Indian villages might feel like.

Organised by dental marketing expert Shaz Memon, the event added to funds already raised, bringing it to a total of £27,000 – and the money will pay for water drums on wheels to be delivered to rural India.

These drums are designed to ease the burden on the many women who risk their health daily when carrying heavy buckets of water on their heads to their communities.

Wells on Wheels ambassadors, dentists Shiraz Khan and Nilesh Parmar, joined ‘Singing Dentist’ Milad Shadrooh and TV presenter and radio host, Lizzie Cundy.

Among those at Sunday’s event were Anoop’s family as well as some of his patients. News of the sudden death of Dr Maini – widely considered a pioneer in cosmetic dentistry – shook the dental world back in July.