Smile Train Partners with Global Oil and Shipping Group, Monjasa

Partnership will Help Bring Awareness and Funds to Support Children with Clefts in Panama

Press Release

Partnership will Help Bring Awareness and Funds to Support Children with Clefts in Panama
 

New York – Today, the world’s largest cleft organization, Smile Train, announced their two-year partnership with Monjasa, a global oil and shipping group, to help bring awareness and funds to children with clefts.

Smile Train empowers local medical professionals with training, funding, and resources to provide 100%-free cleft surgery and comprehensive cleft care to children globally. Every year, one in 700 babies are born with a cleft lip or palate globally. Clefts are the leading birth difference in many developing countries, and it is estimated more than 200,000 babies are born with a cleft every year.

For the partnership, Monjasa will support 50 cleft surgeries a year for the next two years to support Smile Train’s local programs in Panama. Monjasa employees will also be participating in employee engagement activities to help raise funds for Smile Train’s programs. Monjasa has 450 employees on land and at sea and supplies 4 million tons of marine fuels worldwide on a yearly basis.

“With the value Smile & Joy as an important part of both our workplace and how we do business, we feel that this collaboration goes perfectly hand-in-hand with Monjasa.

In addition, as we grow our business around the world, we want to give back to the local communities in which our offices are placed. The collaboration with Smile Train in Panama therefore fits perfectly,” said Rasmus Jacobsen, Managing Director, Monjasa Americas.

“Smile Train is extremely proud to be partnering with Monjasa to help provide children with clefts in Panama the help and treatment they need,” said Masha Feiguinova, Senior Director, Corporate Partnerships, Smile Train.

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About Smile Train
Smile Train empowers local medical professionals with training, funding, and resources to provide free cleft surgery and comprehensive cleft care to children globally. We advance a sustainable solution and scalable global health model for cleft treatment, drastically improving children’s lives, including their ability to eat, breathe, speak, and ultimately thrive. To learn more about how Smile Train's sustainable approach means donations have both an immediate and long-term impact, please visit smiletrain.org.

About Monjasa
Founded in Denmark in 2002, Monjasa is a global partner in the oil and shipping industries. The core business includes reselling and supply of marine fuels, oil terminal operations, and ship owning activities on a global level.

With a fleet of some 20 tankers, 2 oil terminals and office locations in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East & Africa, and Southeast Asia, Monjasa is present in all major time zones.

Press Contacts:

Smile Train
Brianne Gallo, Manager, Corporate Partnerships
bgallo@smiletrain.org
646-829-0983

Monjasa
Thorstein Andreasen, Communications Manager
tha@monjasa.com
+45 24-596-054