Nirmala, a 13 months baby is the first child of Hukmaran Raika and Dalidevi Raika originally from Sultan Nagar, Junapatrasar, Barmer Dist. Rajasthan. They brought her to us with the hope that their daughter could live a normal life free from cleft. This charming and beautiful baby quickly drew our attention and our volunteer Devanshi …
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“A smile is the curve that sets everything straight.” In our mission to make India cleft free, we have now reached the mountainous state of Northeast – NAGALAND! With financial support from NEEPCO and infrastructure provided by Eden Medical Centre, the Mission Smile team was in Nagaland to conduct their first surgery at the 1st Nagaland Cleft Care Camp in Dimapur. …
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The best gift in life is a second chance. The Difficult Cases Week was organized with the aim to give a second chance to those children who could not earlier receive their cleft treatment offered by Mission Smile due to additional complications of airway, cardiac, neurological or malnutrition issues. Inaugurated on 4th May at the Guwahati Comprehensive Cleft Care Centre by Prof …
Cleft can no more pose a threat to the budding dreams. We are glad to declare the resounding success of our Siliguri Surgery Camp at Kejriwal Stone Clinic and Kidney Care Centre where we performed 42 Smile surgeries in just 6 days. It was no less a nostalgia for us, as it took us back to the journey when we …
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It’s a feather in the cap for Mission Smile for being accredited with the prestigious GuideStar India Platinum (champion level) Certification from India’s most reliable NGO information repository GuideStar India. 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 …
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A smiling child brings smile to the faces of his/her parents. But what if the innocent smiles get eclipsed by cleft lip and cleft palate? All the aspirations of the parents surrounding their child can seem like a distant dream! We met Pradeep Yadav, a 30 year old man, during our Vadodara Mission who was suffering from …
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We’re happy to announce that on 6th June 2017, Mission Smile has completed two years of successful partnership with the Government of Tripura. Our partnership with Tripura, the third smallest state of India, however started long before the MoU was officially signed with the Govt. of Tripura on 7th June 2015. In fact, our partnership with …
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Rishi Bordoloi from the interiors of the Morigaon district of Assam was our Child of May 2017. Rishi’s background story reflected the non-medical problems of having a child with a cleft deformity. Rishi’s parents visited us on 15th May 2017. We met a nine-month-old boy who was friendly but at the same time experiencing the challenges …
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The five-year old’s battle with a cleft wasn’t an easy one! Giving Israd Banu the smile she deserved was a beautiful experience for the entire team of Mission Smile at Siliguri. We came to know about the hardships the child and her family had to face in the past years. We got the information from our program …
Our 2nd International Mission at Gulbarga, Karnataka, India took place from June 25 – 30, 2017. This was our 2nd Mission in partnership with Muthoot Pappachan Foundation . The venue was at ESIC Medical College & Hospital. This was over the 4th Mission in Karnataka. The team of 50 volunteers from India, USA, Malaysia & Philippines, along with team ESIC Medical …
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