Joydev is a labourer who earns around Rs. 9000 a month. When his wife was pregnant, Joydev and his family were very excited. They eagerly awaited the birth of Joydev’s first born. When little Yash came into the world, and his father found out that he had had a son, his joy seemed to double. […]

Senrik came to us when he was just a year old. His two older brothers had been born perfectly healthy. Senrik, however had been born with a cleft lip which left his parents in shock. When the doctor’s came to visit the family, Senrik’s parents were further informed that their youngest baby also suffered from […]

Mission Smile has entered into a partnership with IRCON International Ltd. (formerly Indian Railway Construction Limited)  to restore 100 smiles of patients with cleft deformities in Aspirational Districts across West Bengal. The MOU was signed on behalf of IRCON by Dr Subhash Chand, Executive Director (Electrical) & Nodal Officer for CSR & Sustainability.Mr Conrad Dennis, Chief Operating Officer […]

14th November, Children’s Day marks a special date on Indian calendars. This date in 2019 became even more special to us because we signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indian Railways Finance Corporation (IRFC). Mr Pratik Kumar, member of our Board of Trustees, signed the MoU on behalf of Mission Smile while MrNH Kannan, General […]

‘If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours’ With this goalin mind we reached Vadodara, Gujarat, on 18thJanuary2020 to organise a cleft surgery Mission from 19th to 23rdJanuary. With financial support from Muthoot Pappachan Foundation, and infrastructure provided by Isha Hospital, Mission Smile Team conducted its fourth consecutive mission at Vadodara. […]

We are happy to announce an extension of our partnership with AIIMS RIshikesh through an MoU signed recently. AIIMS Rishikesh  is our partner in spreading smiles in the northern part of India. On 30th January2020, Mission Smile and AIIMS Rishikesh signed the MoU to effect a partnership that is valid indefinitely. Director and CEO of […]

During the recently concluded Vadodara Mission, we reached our 2000th smile with our long-term partner, Muthoot Pappachan Foundation. ‘Smile Please’, the flagship initiative of the Foundation has now brought the ‘Gift of Smile’ to over 2000+ cleft-affected children and adults in India. This partnership istestimony to the good that can be brought about by conscientious […]

Anisha was born in Kalianagar, a village in West Bengal, about 5 hours away from Kolkata, and was the first child of her parents, Rakhi and Akhibul Mondal. Rakhi and Akhibul run a small business and their monthly earnings are of about 10, 000 rupees. They had been looking forward to the birth of their […]

Manoj and Ruma Mondal run a small grocery store in Sirakol in the North 24 Paraganas district of West Bengal. The business is small but they make do with whatever they earn. When their son Aditya was born, they were overjoyed- the birth of their first child was very much looked forward to. They were […]

Rikta Ghoshal was born into a very poor family in Bolpur, in West Bengal. Her family had gone through many struggles and financial difficulties. Even on the health front, things did not look too good for them. Rikta’s mother suffered from polio which made working difficult for her, adding to the financial strain of the […]

Mrinmoy Bezbaruah came to us when he was only a year old. He had both cleft lip and palate. His lip was repaired during his first visit but he had to wait five more years before his palate could be reconstructed. On 20th December, 2018, Mrinmoy went through his palate repair surgery. His teary eyed […]

A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed between Mission Smile and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) on 29.10.2019. As a result of this partnership 245 children from the northeast – 100 in Assam, 75 in Meghalaya and 35 each in Nagaland and Mizoram – will receive their smiles . Dignitaries who attended the MoA signing included Kallol […]