Free Cleft Surgery for 400 Poor Children in India
Free poor children surgery in india
Summary
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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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
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.
Activities
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.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $7,366
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $92,633
Total Funding Goal: $100,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
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.
Project Message
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
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Michele Sinesky
Special Project Coordinator
245 Fifth Avenue
Suite 2201
New York, New York 10016
United States
1-212-689-9199
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Project Sponsor
Organization
The Smile Train
41 Madison Avenue 28th Floor
New York,
New York
10010
United States
1-212-689-9199
http://www.smiletrain.org
The Smile Train's Current Projects on GlobalGiving
 Free Cleft Surgery for 400 Poor Children in Brazil |
 Free Cleft Surgery for 400 Filipino Children |
 Free Cleft Surgery for 600 Poor Chinese Children |
Where this Project is Located
Country
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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.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 10, 2005
Latest Update from the Field
India Update
By Adina Wexelberg-Clouser - Donor Relations Associate, August 06, 2009 11:44 AM
In the coming months several screenings of the documentary Smile Pinki will take place across India. We are very excited to bring this Oscar winning film back to where it was created!
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