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Since March 2000 we have provided free cleft surgery for over 500,000 children.
What Makes The Smile Train Different:
* Focused on a single problem: cleft lip and palate.
* Teach a man to fish: we empower local doctors in developing countries.
* 100% of your donations used for programs.
* The lowest cost per surgery of any cleft charity.
* Best safety and quality record amongst cleft charities.
* We bring your donations to the poorest countries on earth which magnifies the impact.
* We help children in over 75 of the world's poorest countries.
Click here to donate to Smile Train today!
The Smile Train - The Second Chance
Read More About Cleft Surgery
Charles Wang, Co-Founder of The Smile Train
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http://www.smiletrain.org
Smile Pinki: A Real World Fairy Tale About A Child Helped By The Smile Train
SMILE PINKI: Academy Award Winning Documentary Trailer
SMILE PINKI, the captivating story of a desperately poor little girl in rural India whose life is magically transformed when she receives free surgery to correct her cleft lip has received a coveted Oscar nomination on January 22, 2009 in the category of best documentary short subject. Pinki, is a 5 year old girl who is living with a severe cleft in one of the poorest areas of India. Not allowed to attend school and ostracized because of her deformity, Pinki lives a life of quiet desperation as she waits and wonders if she will ever receive the cleft surgery her parents could never afford and that she so desperately needs. By chance, Pinkis parents meet a social worker one day who is traveling village to village, gathering patients for a hospital that provides free cleft surgery to thousands of poor children each year through the Smile Train program. SMILE PINKI sheds light on the global problem of cleft lip and cleft palate. According to Smile Train, more than 4.7 million children in developing countries suffer with unrepaired clefts. Each child could be saved, just like Pinki, with a simple surgery that takes as little as 45 minutes and costs as little as $250. Over the past 10 years, Smile Train has provided free cleft surgery for hundreds of thousands of children who would otherwise never have received it. The organization is the worlds leading cleft charity with thousands of partners and programs in 76 of the worlds poorest countries.
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- Partner Spotlight Archive
- Partners share their stories
Smile Train in Afghanistan
Smile Train in Afghanistan
It just might be the most effective, impactful donation to a charity you ever make. The free cleft surgery your donation will help provide, is a true, modern-day medical miracle: it costs as little as $250 and takes as little as 45 minutes. That's all it takes to give a desperate child not just a new smile, but a new life. When you see the impact your donation has, you'll end up smiling too.
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- Description: The Smile Train is a US-based charity focused on cleft lip and cleft palate, and is active in 77 of the world's poorest countries. It also has a UK office in Northampton. Its mission is to provide free cleft surgery for ...
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- I also send money to the Smile Train. This charity helps children with cleft pallets get the surgical repair they need. One thing we want is for children to be able to smile with joy. The surgical repair only takes 45 minutes and can ...
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- guitar-for-dummies guitar-for-dummies Aug 27, 2009 @ 6:58 am
- Awesome Lens! 5* for you!
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- Margo_Arrowsmith Margo_Arrowsmith Nov 7, 2008 @ 4:04 pm
- This ***** lens gives such important information! I have featured it on Smile, Smile, Smile
Thank you so much for bringing this to our attention, I hope I can bring more people here!
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- Aug 26, 2008 @ 1:43 pm
- I'm waiting for your charity to get on the list. My son has a cleft lip and palate, and as his dad I know the load parents have emotionally and financially.
I'd like to change the 'cash' sign to your sign on my page.
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- mulberry mulberry May 23, 2008 @ 6:56 pm
- Wonderful lens!
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- PaulRushing PaulRushing May 7, 2008 @ 10:00 am
- I love smiletrain.org I am a father of a child with a cleft lip and palate. I had a lens hit LOTD about it. http://www.squidoo.com/cleftlipchild I hope we can get smiletrain.org to register as a charity here.
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