Kinywa salama initiative is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political Tanzanian-based Youth-Led Organization with registration number 00NGO/R/5956 Officially registered in 2023 with an aim of promoting oral health and preventing oral diseases in communities across the country. The initiative’s name ‘Kinywa Salama’ is a Swahili word which translates into “safe oral cavity” which highlights its objective of ensuring individuals in Tanzania have access to good oral health and hygiene practices. Kinywa Salama seeks to address the gap between the community and the exposure to the field of dentistry.

The Kinywa Salama Initiatives primary goal is to change the world through the knowledge of dentistry. Guided by the following objectives which include:

- Educating individuals in schools, orphanages, street children and other special groups on oral health
1. Increasing awareness on infectious oral health infections.
2. Conducting dental screening and bootcamps in marginalized areas.
3. Provision of oral hygiene tools to the under privileged groups.
4. Organizing seminars, conferences and workshops focusing on future of dentistry in Tanzania and the world.
5. Nurturing upcoming dentists to be committed with impacting the community through dentistry through mentorship programs.
6. Promoting gender equality in the field by provision of seminars to high school girls to advocate for high admission number in dental courses.
7. Advocation for constructive policies to the field of dentistry through in-cooperation of rapid technological changes.
8. Building partnership between stakeholders like the government, oral cavity hygiene tools companies, dental clinics, national and international organizations.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of diseases and infirmity. Ensuring good health and well-being of all is essential to poverty eradication and achievement of a sustainable development goals adopted to ensure prosperity, end poverty, protect the planet and ensure everyone enjoys peace.

Oral health is an often-over-looked aspect of overall health and well-being and in turn many individuals and communities lack access to basic oral health education and services.

This is also factored by the virtue that dentistry as a field has a little exposure to the public compared to other health sectors. Other factors being lack of education to the public, poverty, geographical location and socio-economic status. Most high school students especially female students lack access to mentorship programs which could lead to them being part of the team to enhance increase of dental practitioners who are committed to transforming the community.