May 9, 2013, Orlando, FL —
Smile Train’s Virtual Surgery Simulatoris the first free, open-access, web-based, interactive surgical teaching tool designed to train surgeons in developing countries to repair cleft lip and palate.
This 3D simulator was collaboratively developed by Smile Train, BioDigital Systems and leading reconstructive surgeons.
April 29, 2013, San Francisco, California —
April 12, 2013, Kigali, Rwanda —
An innovative collaboration to ensure that every Rwandan born with a cleft lip or palate will have the opportunity to receive free, life-changing surgery and the chance to live a healthy, dignified and productive life.
April 3, 2013, New York, NY —
Throughout the entire month of April, dental professionals and organizations across the United States stand to promote the safety and education of protecting one’s face and head. Smile Train and the Islanders are joining the initiative in raising awareness and safety while expressing that it is not only important to have a bright smile, but to protect your healthy smile as well.
Upload your smiling photo to Twitter, Instagram, or Tumblr using the hashtag #SmileNFPM. For each upload, we receive $1 from team dentist Dr. Marc Herman.
Your photo will also have the chance to be displayed on the Jumbotron during the remainder of the Islanders home games.
March 25, 2013, Lanjigarh, India —
Smile Train's newest partner hospital in India is also our first partner hospital in interior Orissa, a region of India plagued by drought and abject poverty.
Though this partnership, Vedanta Hospital and Smile Train will be able to provide free cleft surgery and follow up care for desperate children who would otherwise never be able to afford it.
February 11, 2013, New York, NY —
Over the weekend, Smile Train reached a major "smilestone" and provided our 850,000th free cleft repair surgery!
Smile Train patient Amanda Vitoria Araujo represents all of the children that we have helped and the hope that our partners around the world provide every day.
February 8, 2013, New York, NY —
This past week, Smile Train welcomed 4 new partner hospitals in 3 countries
We look forward to working with our new friends to provide free cleft surgery to even more children in Bolivia, Egypt, and Pakistan.
February 5, 2013, Kolkata, India —
Smile Train celebrated the launch of our partnership with the Indian Border Security Force to expand our outreach programs in low income border areas, with 25 free cleft operations.
The 25 children who received free cleft surgery come from poor families in the remotest parts of East India. With the help of the BSF and the Rotary Club of Calcutta Victoria, these patients and a great many more to come will be smiling brightly.
January 24, 2013, New York, NY —
This coming November, IRONMAN will embark on its first official Charity Partnership with Smile Train.
Together with the partnership of IRONMAN the 75–athlete–strong Smile Train team will raise enough money to provide at least 1,500 surgeries for cleft children in need.
January 15, 2013, New York, NY —
Our sincerest thanks to QBE!
Today, QBE presented its second generous grant to Smile Train, which will give 200 children born with cleft a second chance at life.
January 3, 2013, New York, NY —
2012 turned out to be our best year yet!
Last year, we celebrated a number of great "smilestones," from our 750,000th surgery to the marriage of our first patient and the birth of her son. But our proudest achievement was providing more than 125,000 free cleft surgeries, setting a new Smile Train record.
Each of these 125,000 safe, high quality, free surgeries is a modern-day-miracle that provided not only a new smile, but a new life.
December 17, 2012, Dhaka, Bangladesh —
Smile Train welcomes Avi Cenna Hospital as our latest partner hospital in Bangladesh.
By continuing to expand our reach beyond the capital city of Dhaka, we are able to reach even more poor children suffering with unrepaired clefts.
November 27, 2012, Beijing, China —
It is with great pleasure that we welcome the newest member of the Smile Train family, Wang Xiao Yu into the world.
Our first patient, Wang Li who married the love of her life earlier this year, gave birth to her healthy son, Wang Xiao Yu on Nov. 16.
Please join us in congratulating Wang Li and her family by making a donation in Wang Xiao Yu's honor.
November 13, 2012, Los Angeles, CA —
Jimmy Pardo and Never Not Funny are back to host the fourth annual Pardcast-a-Thon fundraiser to benefit Smile Train. This year’s 12 hour marathon kicks off at 12:00pm PST on Friday, November 23rd. Jimmy will be joined by co-hosts Matt Belknap and Pat Francis.
The webcast will stream live via Daily Motion at pardcast.com and www.dailymotion.com from the ACME Theatre in Los Angeles and feature over twenty all-star comedy guests throughout the event. Celebrities scheduled to participate include Jon Hamm, Sarah Silverman, Rob Corddry, and Scott Aukerman.
To date, the Pardcast-a-Thons have raised over $100,000 for Smile Train.
November 12, 2012, Brasília, Brazil —
Collaboration and partnership have always been at the heart of Smile Train's model of providing free cleft surgery and care and today we are happy to announce another partnership that is sure to help lots of children in Brazil.
The Childhood Foundation's local partners in Brazil have begun to spread awareness of clefts and Smile Train.
November 1, 2012, Mexico City, Mexico —
It is with sad hearts that we we mourn the passing of Smile Train partner surgeon Dr. Fernando Ortiz Monasterio.
His memory will live on in the smiles of all of his patients.
October 24, 2012, Abuja, Nigeria —
One of our leading cleft teams in Nigeria, Grassroots Smile Initiative has completed their 1,000th free Smile Train cleft surgery.
In total, our programs in Nigeria have provided more than 6,000 free cleft lip and palate surgeries.
October 5, 2012, New York, NY —
World Smile Day® is a day to celebrate the simple act of smiling and all that it means. Here at Smile Train we see every day the impact a smile can have.
Today, we'll be celebrating around the globe, culminating in Times Square in New York where Christie Brinkley and Famous Famigilia will help us create even more smiles.
September 18, 2012, New York, NY —
Our World Smile Day, All It Takes Is A Smile campaign kicked off today with some great news, Smile Train has officially provided more than 800,000 free cleft surgeries!
Anuj Jadhav has a bright new smile that represents this amazing "smilestone."
September 7, 2012, Lucknow, India —
For poor patients suffering with cleft lip and/or palate, the travel costs involved in getting to a Smile Train partner hospital can be a huge hurdle. Fortunately, for patients in Lucknow, India, a new Smile Train Bus will now provide door-to-door service.
September 5, 2012, New York, NY —
Ever wonder how Smile Train is able to assure the highest quality of cleft care throughout our 1,100+ partner hospitals?
Medical Advisory Board member Dr. Eric Hubli explains how we use our electronic medical patient record database, Smile Train Express, to ensure that all of our surgeries are top notch.
September 1, 2012, Gorakhpur, India —
Led by Dr. Asif Masood, Savitri Hospital celebrated it's 7th Anniversary as a Smile Train Partner Hospital.
The team made a special Smile Train cake, but the real treat was reserved for the patients who received free cleft surgery!
August 30, 2012, New York, NY —
Here at Smile Train we believe in changing the world one smile at a time, and this World Smile Day we plan on showing how much of an impact a smile can have.
With our "All It Takes Is A Smile" campaign, users can upload their photos of a smile to Instagram, Twitter or Tumblr using the hashtag #SmileTrainWSD in the photo caption, between September 12 and October 5.
August 29, 2012, Pagadian City, Philippines —
Smile Train Philippines Partner Maharlika Charity Foundation launches Project Boss.
Working with the Philippine Army's 1st Infantry Division, local government, and local hopsital staff, Smile Train partner surgeons provided free cleft lip and palate surgery to desperate children.
August 23, 2012, New York, NY —
The Catholic Daughters of the Americas have been supporting Smile Train since 2008 and have provided over 600 free surgeries. This year, their amazing support continues to grow as they presented Smile Train with a donation of $51,000.
August 10, 2012, Tlaxcala, Mexico —
5 Smile Train partners converged upon Tlaxcala, Mexico for a 3-day intensive cleft camp providing 52 free cleft surgeries.
The Bi-Annual cleft camp allows our partners to reach children with cleft that would otherwise not be able to make it our hospitals for the surgery they need.
August 9, 2012, Kampala, Uganda —
Smile Train partner Sister Dr. Najjuka has performed hundreds of free cleft surgeries, but the treatment of one baby with a cleft shocked her.
The baby suffered from one of the worst cases of malnourishment she had ever seen.
August 8, 2012, Atlanta, Georgia —
Andi Kezh was born with a cleft lip and palate and she has made it her mission to give other children the same opportunities she has had.
Over the last few years, Andi has raised enough to provide 56 free cleft surgeries! Recently she was interviewed by Fox Atlanta.
August 1, 2012, Manila, Philippines —
Smile Train Philippines recently provided its 20,000th free cleft surgery to 4-year-old Edward Pastidio .
Edward had his cleft lip reparied at St. Vincent General Hospital in Marikina.
July 27, 2012, London, UK —
Jo Carthew of Breathe Holistic Therapy carried the Olympic Torch in Kidderminster as it made its way to London.
Jo and Breathe Holistic Therapy are Smile Train supporters who are dedicated to giving children with clefts new lives.
July 24, 2012, New Delhi, India —
Satish Kalra, Chief Program Officer speaks to One World South Asia about Smile Train and its mission.
July 20, 2012, Los Angeles, CA —
Joined by her fans and special guests Steve Burton and Scott Reeves, Becky Herbst held her Annual Soiree to benefit Smile Train.
With an amazing turnout, this year's event raised more than $10,000 to give desperate kids free cleft surgery.
July 18, 2012, New York, NY —
The numbers are in, and for our latest Fiscal Year, ending June 30th, Smile Train provided more cleft surgeries than ever.
Each of the 122,506 free cleft lip and palate surgeries represents a second chance at life for a desperate patient including twins Simba and Nzuzzi from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
July 12, 2012, Nairobi, Kenya —
Doctors and medical staff from India, Rwanda, Cameroon, Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania are meeting to improve both access to,and quality of cleft care throughout Africa. For live updates follow @STAfrica on Twitter
July 11, 2012, New York, NY —
The luxury handest, Constellation Smile, which with each one sold provides a desperate child with free cleft surgery arrives in the U.S.
To celebrate the launch, Mary McCartney's amazing exhibit on former Smile Train patients was unveiled at Sotheby's in New York.
July 9, 2012, Sandspoint, NY —
Our deepest thanks to everyone at Skyline Restoration, and all of the particpants of last week's amazing Golf Classic for their wonderful support in raising $76,750 to provide desperate kids with free cleft surgery.
Golfers took to the tees alongside New York Islanders Matt Moulson, Josh Bailey, GM Garth Snow, and Hall of Famer Mike Bossy to give children in our programs a new chance at life.
July 6, 2012, Hong Kong, China —
The luxury handest, Constellation Smile, which with each one sold provides a desperate child with free cleft surgery launches in Hong Kong, China.
To celebrate the launch, Mary McCartney's amazing exhibit on former Smile Train patients was unveiled at Pacific Place, Hong Kong.
June 26, 2012, New York, NY —
Today we mourn the loss of Walter Haefner, a close friend and a founding benefactor of Smile Train. Due to his extraordinary generosity when we began Smile Train, we were able to lay the groundwork for providing smiles to over 750,000 children with cleft lip and palate.
June 25, 2012, New York —
In an effort to increase patient safety, Smile Train and Lifebox worked together to provide an additional 200 life-saving pulse oximeters throughout Central and South America.
This brings the total of Smile Train and Lifebox pulse oximeters delivered to 2,200.
June 20, 2012, New York, NY —
Put your money in the bank to work...for children with unrepaired clefts! TD Bank supports Smile Train through the Affinity Membership Program. To sign-up your account or open a new one visit your local branch and use our Affinity code A3077.
June 12, 2012, London, United Kingdom —
A smile is communication at its most basic, Vertu's new Constellation Smile is communication at its most elegant — and for each phone sold, Vertu is providing a donation to cover the cost of a free cleft surgery.
Vertu expects to sell 5,000 of the handsets and provide Smile Train with the funds to cover 5,000 free cleft lip and palate surgieres. The launch began in London with Mary McCartney's photographic exhibit on former Smile Train patients.
May 18, 2012, Beijing, China —
Wang Li was a little girl too afraid to go to school because of her cleft lip. As Smile Train's first patient, her surgery represented a fresh start for not only her, but for every patient we have ever operated on. Thanks to her free cleft lip surgery, Wang Li was able to go to school, eventually get a job, and very recently, get married.
May 18, 2012, New York, NY —
“While we are proud and delighted that Smile Train has helped hundreds of thousands of deserving children from Wang Li to Jhoanna, we don’t intend to rest on our laurels. Millions of children around the world still suffer from unrepaired clefts. That is why Smile Train will re-double our efforts to give these children the medical help that will transform their lives. And that is why, with the help of current and new supporters around the world, we are determined to reach our next milestone.”
Smile Train is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit recognized by the IRS, and all donations to Smile Train are tax-deductible in accordance with IRS regulations.
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