I have decided to fundraise for Smile Train to help provide smiles to children in need. Smile Train is an international children’s charity with a sustainable approach to a single, solvable problem: cleft lip and palate.
Give a desperate child a second chance at life. Millions of children in developing countries are suffering needlessly with cleft lips and palates. Condemned to a lifetime of malnutrition, shame, and isolation. The saddest part is every child with a cleft could be completely cured with surgery that takes as little as 45 minutes and costs as little as $250.
Many children with clefts around the world live in isolation, but more importantly, have difficulty eating, breathing, hearing, and speaking. Smile Train's sustainable model provides training, funding, and resources to empower local doctors in 70+ countries to provide lifesaving surgeries and other essential cleft care to their neighbors in need, 100% free.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
We Need Financial Support
The Smile Train relies entirely on private support - we receive no funding from the government. Your contribution goes directly towards helping a child, none of it will go to administrative expenses or overhead. All donations are fully tax deductible in accordance with IRS regulations.
We Need Volunteers
We are a volunteer-driven organization and are constantly searching or talented, committed people who can help execute our Smile Train programs both here in the U.S. and in developing countries around the world.
Gather Facts About Cleft Care
The Smile Train’s goal is to eradicate the problem of clefts globally. The Smile Train realizes that we can’t reach our goal to help every child born with a cleft by ourselves. That is why we partner with leading organizations and medical institutions and professionals all over the world. Volunteers are a big part of The Smile Train’s success.
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