We are glad to share the news of the recent completion of our 3rd Mission in ESIC Medical College and Hospital in Gulbarga, Karnataka, which was organized from 11th to 17th August 2018.  A team of 35 medical and non-medical volunteers from across the globe participated in our mission, working shoulder to shoulder with the ESIC hospital staff […]

At Mission Smile’s Guwahati Comprehensive Cleft Care Centre (GC4) were regularly visited by parents who accompany their kids born with cleft lip and/or palate deformities. We offer free medical evaluation, advice treatment, guide needy beneficiaries through our nutrition program and conduct free cleft rectification surgeries to the selected candidates. Moreover, we conduct follow-up (review) camps […]

While our nation is constantly on the verge of advancements, yet the cries of many cleft babies remain unheard. Negligence, illiteracy, social obligations and lack of financial support obstruct these little kids from getting the proper surgical treatment needed to complete their recovery from cleft to smile. Adrija’s life would have followed a similar curve, […]

Our Kolkata Comprehensive Cleft Care Centre (KC4) has reached a new high by conducting its first ever ‘Nutrition Program’ on 9th of July 2018. Malnutrition is a common ailment in cleft babies. Statistics show that 1 in every 10 malnourished cleft child does not even reach their first birthday. Due to the presence of cleft […]

GuideStar India – India’s most reliable NGO information repository has accredited us with the ‘GuideStar India Platinum Certification (champion level)’ for the second straight year. The seal of Transparency and Public Accountability has been issued by GuideStar India to Mission Smile (GSN 7946) after in-depth due diligence of our organization for legal and financial agreements by the accrediting authority and is valid till January […]

Let us introduce you to Monali, a one-year-nine-months old baby girl. In most cases, parents are able to identify their child’s cleft deformity just after their birth, or they’re being informed by the attending medical practitioner. But Monali’s case was different. At birth, her family did not notice her cleft palate deformity and to their […]

It’s a grand pleasure for Mission Smile to announce the successful completion of our 14th International Cleft Surgery Mission at Guwahati Comprehensive Cleft Care Centre (GC4), which was conducted from 20th-25th May 2018. The mission was inaugurated on 20th May in the honorable and gracious presence of Celebrity Artist – Angaraag Papon Mahanta and Miss […]

Mission Smile has conducted its first ever ‘overseas pilot project’ in Colombia from 13th to 15th April 2018 in partnership with Latin Smile – an international charity offering cleft surgeries & cleft awareness across Latin American nations. The mission site was ISABU Instituto de Salud de Bucaramanga in Bucaramanga (known as “the pretty city of […]

Let us introduce you to Miriam, a 3 year 8 months old little girl who had to bear fathomless pain and anxiety from her birth due to her blindness in one eye and defect in her other eye together with severe cleft lip and palate deformities. The only good news for the unfortunate child was […]

“The Difficult Cases Week was organized with the aim to give a second chance to those children and young adults who could not earlier receive their cleft treatment offered by Mission Smile due to additional complications of the airway, cardiac, neurological or malnutrition issues.” This year the ‘Difficult Cases Week’ at Mission Smile’s Guwahati Comprehensive […]

At Kolkata Comprehensive Cleft Care Centre (KC4) we met Tamina Khatun (an eight-month-old baby girl) recently, who came with her mother all the way from Goraihati, a small village located in Ishwaripur, Bhangur, in South 24 Parganas. Little Tamina’s mother Selima Bibi narrated her heart-wrenching story of neglect and struggle which moved us all. Selima had to leave […]

Our first encounter with Mamun Mondal from village Malidah in Bagdah, North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, was during one of our pre-screening camps earlier this year. 9 years 10 months old Mamun is like any other boy of his age. The only difference being Mamun had been a victim of both cleft lip […]