Smile Train: Allowing Patients Born with Cleft Lip and Palate to Live Normal Lives

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Smile Train: Allowing Patients Born with Cleft

Lip and Palate to Live Normal Lives

PR Newswire

BEIJING, June 13, 2012

BEIJING

,

June 13, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- Smile Train recently announced its new

mission of "providing a child born with a cleft the same opportunities in life as a

child born without" at a global conference in

Beijing

. Under the previous mission

statement of actively helping each patient with cleft lip and palate, Smile Train

has already performed more than 250,000 cleft repair surgeries in

China

over a

time span of approximately 13 years, making it one of the largest contributors

to cleft lip and palate charities in

China

.

Headquartered in

New York

, Smile Train is a not-for-profit organization focused

on providing free cleft repair surgeries for poor cleft patients in developing

countries. Charles B. Wang, one of the foundation's key co-founders, also is a

co-founder of Computer Associates International. Providing free surgeries for

patients with cleft lip and palate and speech therapy to patients that need it in

order to live normal lives is a new challenge for Smile Train. However, Charles

and his outstanding team have worked out a relief system. They take full

advantage of locally based medical personnel and provide them with tools so

that they can become self-sufficient. Instead of sending over medical teams

from other countries to operate in the developing world, they provide local

doctors in each country with free training to enable them to perform free, high-

quality surgeries. Smile Train also co-operates with local governments and

departments who can effectively help in getting the message out into their local

communities.

To date, Smile Train has helped over 700,000 patients in more than 80

countries worldwide. During the past 13 years, Smile Train has donated more

than

1.2 billion yuan

(approx.

US$ 190 million

) to charities in

China

, where it has

helped over 250,000 patients. Meanwhile, through cooperation with

China

's

Ministry of Health, the China Charity Federation, the Chinese Stomatological

Association and participating hospitals, Smile Train has provided training to

more than 12,000 medical professionals and has introduced advanced medical

technologies and scientific management models across China.

Smile Train has been widely recognized in

China

. As a charitable foundation for

cleft lip and palate aid, the concepts, management mechanisms and

achievements of Smile Train have not only promoted the positive development

of Chinese philanthropy but also won the high praise and recognition of the

Chinese government.

Contact:

Dr. Shell Xue

[phone]