100 Smiles in 100th Mission

Dear Smile Giver

After 16 years, we reached the milestone of 100th Medical Mission in India. We celebrated it by bringing 100 Smiles to children born with Cleft.

Thank you for donating generously for this campaign !

This campaign helped us to fund the gap to provide surgeries to 100 Kids.

You will be glad to hear that we did not 100 but 103 Surgeries in the Mission in 5 Days. The mission was organised at Kolkata, India from March 15 – 20, 2019.

Over 50 volunteers from India and across the globe participated in the mission. There were student volunteers from five universities got a first hand experience working for these kids.

67% of the kids that we operated in the mission were under the age of 5. All the kids received safe surgeries and are looking forward to a life free from 'Cleft'.

This is all possible because of your support.

Thank you.

Please find few images of the mission attached.

Best

Anupam Sarkar

Dear All

Thank you for your generous support that made our 100^th Celebratory Medical Mission possible. You would be glad to know that the mission has been scheduled from 14-21^st March, 2019 at Kolkata, India.

Since our first medical mission in 2002 at Manipal, we have a come a long way to finally complete our 100^th Successful medical mission in 2019. Till date 37,000 + Kids and adults with Cleft have received their much needed surgery and care because of the support of donors like you.

 In this journey, we have achieved several milestones like organising a 500 Surgery Mission and a 1000 Surgery Mission. Still a record for number of children operated at a single mission site anywhere in the world.

This upcoming mission is not only a celebration of the kids whose lives we could change together but also of the donors like you who believed in our work and supported us generously.

I am joined by Col. Shivaji Samaddar, Chief Operating Officer to invite you for the Celebratory 100^th Medical Mission. Your presence would encourage our volunteers – who would be coming together to bring smiles to 100+ children and adults born with cleft.

The site of the mission is:  South Eastern Railway Central Hospital, South Eastern Railway Quarters, Rail Colony, Garden Reach, Kolkata, West Bengal 700043. They are giving us the space and the Operating Theatres for carrying out the surgeries.

The itinerary for the event is as given below:

I. 14th March, 2019 - Team Arrival

II. 15th March, 2019 - Awareness Walkathon - Inauguration - Patient Screening

III. 16th -20th March 2019 - Surgery Days

IV. 20th March 2019 - Celebration Dinner

V. 21st March 2019 - Team departure

The patient identification camps are being organised in various villages and we expect 180+ patient turn up for the 100 Surgeries Mission.

To confirm your presence, please drop me a note on anupam.sarkar@missionsmile.org.

Looking forward to your presence.

Best

Anupam Sarkar | Senior Manager - Partnerships

M: +91-9007883789 | E: anupam.sarkar@missionsmile.org

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