Smile Train

Unlike many charities that do many different things, The Smile Train is focused on solving a single problem: cleft lip and palate.

Clefts are a major problem in developing countries where there are millions of children who are suffering with unrepaired clefts. Most cannot eat or speak properly. Aren’t allowed to attend school or hold a job. And face very difficult lives filled with shame and isolation, pain and heartache.

The good news is every single child with a cleft can be helped with surgery that costs as little as $250 and takes as little as 45 minutes.

What Makes The Smile Train Different:
* Focused on a single problem: cleft lip and palate.
* Teach a man to fish: we empower local doctors in developing countries.
* The lowest cost per surgery of any cleft charity.
* Best safety and quality record amongst cleft charities.
* We bring your donations to the poorest countries on earth which magnifies the impact.
* We help children in 75 of the world's poorest countries.

Source: www.smiletrain.org