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Children > Free Cleft Surgery for 400 Poor Children in India (#1206)
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The Smile Train is dedicated to helping the millions of children in India who suffer from unrepaired cleft lips & palates by providing free surgery, giving them a new smile, new hope, & new beginning.
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Each year about 24,000 Indian babies are born with cleft lips and palates. Approximately 799,000 of these children need medical care to lead productive lives. Because of their defect, they are often abandoned at birth. The greatest tragedy is that cleft surgery is a simple procedure that takes as little as 45 minutes and can cost as little as $250. This surgery gives hope and a new beginning to children who otherwise would lead lives of isolation and shame.
Each child who undergoes cleft surgery is given a second chance at life. The surgery takes 45 minutes, but the impact lasts a lifetime. After years of living in shame and isolation, the children can finally go to school and lead happy lives.
This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
Children’s lives will be changed forever. Their family’s dignity is restored and the medical community benefits. Trained Smile Train doctors share their surgical skills with new doctors assuring that cleft care will be available for years to come.
Many children with cleft in India lead lives of isolation and shame. They are left to beg on the street or hidden away by their families. The Smile Train gives these children hope for a new life.
- Satish Kalra, regional director of southeast Asia
Michele Sinesky
Special Project Coordinator
245 Fifth Avenue
Suite 2201
New York, New York 10016
United States
1-212-689-9199
Email:
The Smile Train
41 Madison Avenue 28th Floor
New York,
New York
10010
United States
1-212-689-9199
http://www.smiletrain.org
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This project is located in India
and can also be found under Children.
For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.
This project was last updated on February 16, 2010.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 10, 2005
By Adina Wexelberg-Clouser - Donor Relations Associate, August 06, 2009 11:44 AM
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