Free Cleft Surgery for 600 Poor Chinese Children
Smile Train for Chinese Children
Summary
The Smile Train is dedicated to helping the 1.2 million children in China who suffer from unrepaired cleft lips & palates by providing free surgery. They will get a new smile and a new beginning.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Approximately 35,000 Chinese babies are born with cleft lips and palates each year. Almost 1.9 million 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 relatively simple procedure that takes as little as 45 minutes & can cost as little as $250. This surgery provides new smiles, hope & a new beginning to children who otherwise would lead lives of isolation and shame.
Activities
Cleft surgery gives children a second chance at life. It takes as little as 45 minutes, but the impact lasts a lifetime. After years of living in shame and isolation, these children can finally go to school, find a job, and lead happy lives.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $16,201
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $133,799
Total Funding Goal: $150,000
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 are changed forever. Dignity is restored to the family and the medical community benefits. Newly trained Smile Train doctors share their surgical skills with new doctors ensuring that cleft care will be available for years to come.
Project Message
The Smile Train helps us help our children. This training and funding helps doctors become self-sufficient, improving not only their ability to treat cleft, but all medical services offered in China.
- Victoria Moy, Smile Train managing director, China
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 400 Poor Children in India |
Where this Project is Located
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China
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Children.
For more information about China, read the Human Development Report on China or the Wikipedia entry for China.
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 7, 2005
Latest Update from the Field
Smile Grant Program
By Adina Wexelberg-Clouser - Donor Relations Associate, August 06, 2009 11:41 AM
We are also beginning a new initiative in China called the Smile Grant program. Grants will be distributed to needy families in order to help offset the cost of food and travel to the hospitals. We are estimating that this program will help 5,000 children and their families.
The Cleft-Free Gansu Project is coming to a successful close after Smile Train provided over 3,000 surgeries. This inspired local doctors to begin similar project in Jiang XI Province.
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