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CONFIDENCE a SMILE makes the difference

CLEFT LIP AND PALATE SYNDROME

Why and When does it happen?

Genetic factors

Environmental Factors

  Anti Convulsing Drugs

  Smoking

  Alcohol

What Is Cleft Lip and Palate?

  Cleft is a gap or split between two things

  Cleft Lip - Upper lip is split into two

  Cleft palate – roof of the mouth is split or has a hole

  There are children with both conditions

Problems associated with cleft lip and palate

 Speech problems

 Eating problems

 Hearing problems

Treatment

The surgery should be ideally undertaken when,

  The child is 3-6 months old for cleft lip

  9-12 months for cleft palate

Developing Countries

  Millions of children suffering from unrepaired cleft lip and palate syndrome

  Ostracized by society due to physical appearance, these children lead isolated lives as they are bullied at school (drop out) and at work (poor families)

Cost and Time

  The prohibitive costs as these children belong to poor families.

  In Sri Lanka, the surgery costs

Colombo - Rs100,000 approx

  Those children waiting for free surgeries have a minimum waiting period between 2 to 3 years

Existing Charities

  Charities like smile train and operation smile work in developing countries like India, China, Sri Lanka and they tie up with local doctors and train them to perform the surgery 240-250 $

  However, raising funds and donating to these charities means 40% of the funds being spent on advertising and other fund raising programs for future funds

Our Vision

To Let every child smile with confidence

Our Goal

  Identify Children suffering from cleft and palate syndrome from existing data base and sponsor the surgery directly so that the benefit is passed on to the children directly

  To help as many children as possible to give them the confidence required to live.

Collaboration

  There is need for collaboration as cost control is the key factor along with proper utilization of funds

  We need to collaborate with local doctors to effectively bring down the cost of surgery.

  The cost of the surgery to come down to Rs10,000 to Rs15,000

Do you want to help them smile?

Let community service be really about serving the needy and not about donating to another charity organization

Successful surgery Let’s help those who are waiting indefinitely

Thank You

Works Cited

"Charity Review of Smile Train." United States and Canada BBB Consumer and Business Reviews, Reports, Ratings, Complaints and Accredited Business Listings. Web. 15 Jan. 2010. http://www.bbb.org/charity-reviews/national/human-services/smile-train-in-new-york-ny-644.“

"Cleft Lip and Palate." KidsHealth - the Web's most visited site about children's health. Web. 15 Jan. 2010. http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/ears/cleft_lip_palate.html

."Patient Stories - Operation Smile." Changing Lives One Smile at a Time Through Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Surgery - Operation Smile - Operation Smile. Web. 15 Jan. 2010. <http://www.operationsmile.org/living_proof/patient-stories/>."The Smile Train: Mission - Free Cleft Surgeries and Medical Trainin

" The Smile Train: The World's Leading Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Charity. Web. 15 Jan. 2010. http://www.smiletrain.org/site/PageServer?pagename=mission

."The Smile Train: Smiles." The Smile Train: The World's Leading Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Charity. Web. 15 Jan. 2010. http://www.smiletrain.org/site/PageServer?pagename=smiles.

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Raising funds

Collecting funds while educating the students of OSC about the children suffering from cleft lip and palate syndrome

  Corporate sponsorships

  Raffle tickets where the prizes are lucrative

  Students personal contributions

  Disco night or movie night