I am partnering with The Smile Train, the world’s leading cleft charity. 100% of all donations I collect will go directly The Smile Train, a 501(c)(3) registered charity focused on eradicating the problem of clefts by providing free cleft-related training for doctors and free cleft surgery for millions of poor children in developing countries

Why The Smile Train?
There are several cleft charities working to help the children affected by this birth defect, butThe Smile Train is truly unique for a variety of reasons.

• Efficient Operations – Overhead is less than 1% of total expenses. With the lowest cost and the highest productivity of any cleft charity in the world, The Smile Train has an exceptionally effective staff of 18.

• Impact of Donation – 100% of all donations go to helping children. Even though overhead is low at The Smile Train, donations do not pay for anything except helping children. All overhead and non program expenses are paid by Founding Supporters.

• Empowerment Mentality – Instead of sending western doctors into developing countries to perform corrective procedures, The Smile Train empowers local doctors with training and access to information and technology. This “teach a man to fish” mentality results in a lower cost, more sustainable and lasting impact.

• Global Reach – The Smile Train has thousands of partners and programs in 65 countries. Such reach allows The Smile Train to help those most in need, no matter where in the world they live.

The proof of The Smile Train’s effectiveness is shown by their results.

• Since its founding in 1999, The Smile Train has provided over 220,000 life-changing cleft surgeries and trained over 20,000 doctors and nurses in 65 of the world’s poorest countries.

• Last year alone, more than 45,000 children benefited from The Smile Train programs, and goals for this fiscal year call for an increase to 62,000 surgical cleft repair procedures.

Official Organization Name: The Smile Train
Address: 245 5th Ave, Suite 2201, New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-689-9199
Fax: 212-689-9299
Status: The Smile Train is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered with the Federal government and within each State.
Federal Tax ID #: 13-3661416

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