Latest Cleft lip and palate organisations Stories
Unprecedented collaboration between the two leading cleft charities will eliminate backlog of 4,000-plus Rwandans with untreated clefts and establish ongoing in-country medical training programs NEW YORK and NORFOLK, Va., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Smile Train and Operation Smile, the two leading cleft care charities in the world, announced the launch of Rwanda Smiles - a ground-breaking initiative to create a "cleft-free" Rwanda. This joint effort is in collaboration...
NEW YORK and NORFOLK, Va., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Smile Train and Operation Smile, the two leading cleft care charities in the world, are launching Rwanda Smiles a groundbreaking initiative to create a cleft-free Rwanda. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130410/DC92187) WHAT: This joint effort is in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Rwanda to create the first-ever cleft-free country in Africa. WHEN: On April 12,...
NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Smile Train, the international charity dedicated to providing surgery and care to children around the globe with a cleft lip or palate, announced the launch of its Season Of Smiles campaign, offering unique opportunities for giving that will grant every child born with a cleft - anywhere in the world - the opportunity to live a full, happy, and productive life. Smile Train has already performed more than 800,000 free cleft surgeries for...
NEW YORK, Aug. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Smile Train, the world's largest cleft lip and palate charity, announced the "All It Takes Is A Smile" Campaign, which will begin on September 12(th) and culminate on World Smile Day (October 5(th)) with a special event in Times Square, New York City. The "All It Takes Is A Smile" campaign invites users to upload their photos of a smile to Instagram, Twitter or Tumblr using the hashtag #SmileTrainWSD in the photo caption, between...
BEIJING, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- On July 6, VERTU, a world luxury mobile phone brand, and globally renowned photographer Mary MaCarty jointly held a special photo exhibition in Pacific Place, Hong Kong. This exhibition presented the photos taken by Mary MaCarty in 2012 about candid smiles. These smiles belong to 4 children born with unformed cleft palates from China and Russia who have received help from Smile Train, the world's largest charitable organization dedicated to...
NEW YORK, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "Smile Train has provided 750,000 free cleft surgeries to children around the world since its founding in 1999, and will now dedicate itself to reaching the goal of '1 million smiles' within two and half years," Smile Train Co-Founder and Chairman Charles B. Wang announced at a dinner in New York City tonight. The dinner was held at the Russian Tea Room to thank Smile Train's donors and update them on the progress the organization has made...
NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Smile Train, the world's largest cleft lip and cleft palate charity, along with The Queen's Flowers, a leading importer and distributor of a wide variety of fresh cut flowers, have collaborated to create a limited edition Smile Train bouquet available for purchase at over 750 Stop & Shop, Giant Food, GIANT Food Stores and MARTIN'S Food Markets beginning August 26, 2011 through September 29, 2011. $1.00 of every bouquet purchased will be donated...
NEW YORK, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Daytime Emmy® Awards will present the Daytime Cares segment showcasing Smile Train, the world's largest cleft repair charity, featuring Dean Cain, Erik Estrada and Tatyana Ali. The three stars recently visited a Smile Train center in Mexico to experience firsthand the work that the organization does every day around the world in over 75 countries. The telecast will broadcast live from the Las Vegas Hilton, Sunday, June 19 (8:00-10:00 PM,...
NEW YORK and VARANASI, India, May 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today in Varanasi, one of Smile Train's oldest and highest performing partners, G S Memorial Plastic Surgery Hospital, will reach a new milestone - 20,000 Smile Train sponsored free cleft surgeries. G S Memorial, under the leadership of Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh runs one of the largest cleft centers in the world. G S Memorial has been a Smile Train partner since April 2004 and is featured in the 2008 Academy Award® winning...
NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The boards of directors of Smile Train and Operation Smile, two of the leading cleft lip and cleft palate charities in the world, today announced that they have voted to combine the two organizations into a single new entity, to be known as Operation Smile Train. In a joint statement, Charles B. Wang, Co-founder of Smile Train and Dr. William P. and Kathleen S. Magee, Co-founders of Operation Smile, said, "We are delighted that our boards have voted...
