06th December 2011: A commemorative postage stamp issued by DOP
THE SMILE TRAIN-CLEFT SURGERY
EVERY CHILD DESERVES THE ABILITY TO SMILE
Smile Train’s vision is to ensure every child born with a cleft can lead a full and productive life.
We Want Our Cause To Be Yours
Smile Train is an international children’s charity with a sustainable approach to a single, solvable problem: cleft lip and palate.
Millions of children in developing countries with untreated clefts live in isolation, but more importantly, have difficulty eating, breathing and speaking. Cleft repair surgery is simple, and the transformation is immediate. Our sustainable model provides training, funding, and resources to empower local doctors in 85+ developing countries to provide 100%-free cleft repair surgery and comprehensive cleft care in their own communities.
We use the “teach a man to fish” model focusing on training local doctors to perform cleft repairs in their communities. Those doctors then go on to train other doctors creating a long-term, sustainable system.
Patients see their smile for the first time, parents cry tears of joy, lives and communities are changed forever.
As a result of our efficiency and with the support of our donors and partners around the world, Smile Train has transformed the lives of more than one million children by giving them the power of a smile.
Smile Train is a not-for-profit, organization based in New York City with the mission of providing free corrective surgery for children with cleft lip and palate in about 80 developing countries. Founded in 1999, Smile Train focuses on providing free cleft-related training for doctors and medical professionals. Smile Train uses technology including surgery-training software and grading of operations via digital imaging to increase efficiency.
https://www.smiletrain.org/our-cause
Issued Date: 06-12-2011
Denomination: 500 Paisa
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