An Aghan Memorial Project to Honor of the Life and Work of Dr. Tom Grams
2009-02-18 @ 13:24:39
Courtesy of the Kabul Clinic
A Message from Tom Grams family
Tom loved so many things in life- hiking, back packing, backcountry skiing, rafting, white water kayaking, and helping people- especially those in the remote parts of the world where the people might never have seen a dentist without him. He had a true love for going to Afghanistan because of the Afghan-Americans he had met in the United States as well as his fascination with the country, its history and its culture. It was a country with so many needs and he was having an impact with his dentistry. Continuing those projects is the best way to continue his legacy of helping the Afghan people.
Tom Grams in Wardak
Courtesy of Kathleen Rafiq
Courtesy of Kathleen Rafiq
Courtesy of Kathleen Rafiq
From the Foundation
The Goodrich Foundation, its Afhan partner NGO WADAN, friends and family of Tom Grams are conducting a fund-raising effort to provide needed support for a dental clinic in Kabul where he volunteered until his recent death. All donated funds will go directly to the clinic.
Tom Remembered
Courtesy of Kathleen Rafiq
"What an extraordinary exquisite human being in the guise of a normal caring dentist ruminating about the status of the villager's teeth."
Sally Goodrich
Courtesy of a friend
"This is usually how I pictured Tom, walking off with his hands clasped behind him...like a monk doing walking meditation. I had asked him if he knew what a bodhisattva is. He said he didn't. I said I think you are one."
From a friend
Courtesy of Kathleen Rafiq
"I can't forget his free service to our people and his great memory will live for ever in our village and with me."
Wardak Village Leader
Courtesy of Kathleen Rafiq