Global Smile Foundation Newsletter
Dedicated to Providing Comprehensive Cleft Care
|
|
Volume IX, Issue XXVII April 2019
|
|
GSF Earns a 2019 Platinum Seal of Transparency
|
|
Global Smile Foundation is
pleased to announce that we have received GuideStar's
highest level of recognition,
the 2019 Platinum Seal of Transparency. Providing the required information and metrics to earn this endorsement is part of our commitment to transparency and to giving donors and funders meaningful data to evaluate nonprofit performance.
GuideStar is the world’s largest source of information on nonprofit organizations. Foundation Center & GuideStar have joined forces to become a new nonprofit called Candid (candid.org).
|
|
Guayaquil, Ecuador
March 5-17, 2019
|
|
The
2-week mission
at
Hospital León Becerra
in
Guayaquil, Ecuador was life-changing, to say the least! Our team screened 308 patients & performed a total of 89 surgical procedures, including 34 cleft lip repairs, 18 cleft palate repairs & 5 premaxillary setbacks.
GSF’s model is to provide comprehensive cleft care that goes beyond fragmented corrective surgeries to include dental and orthodontic care, nutrition counseling, speech therapy, and psychosocial support. During the March mission, the Speech Pathology team performed 104 sessions and the Psychosocial team provided 71 sessions. The Dental team performed 893 procedures on 295 patients.
|
|
GSF Article Receives National Recognition
|
|
Cleft care missions are true building blocks for sustainable healthcare & help reshape the barriers to cleft care worldwide. Watch this
PRS Hot Topic Video
by Rod J. Rohrich, MD, Editor-in-Chief of "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery," discussing the overall impact of cleft care missions & clinics.
|
|
|
|
On March 27, GSF volunteers and supporters joined many new faces for a cocktail reception in support of the 2019 humanitarian mission to Beirut.
Majdi Ramadan, Consul General of Lebanon, & Mrs. Vanessa Raphael Ramadan generously hosted the 8th annual “Celebration for Smiles” in New York City. The event raised over $10,000.
This year's mission will take place from
April 17-28 and
marks GSF’s eighth consecutive year of performing pro-bono comprehensive cleft care in Beirut.
|
|
Education for Sustainable Cleft Care
www.gsmile.org/education
As part of our commitment to the empowerment & sustainability of local healthcare talents, & building sustainable infrastructure & skill transfer, GSF is organizing educational workshops that provide comprehensive cleft care training.
CCCW offers an unparalleled educational opportunity for surgeons, dentists & speech pathologists to connect with some of the most prominent names in craniofacial & cleft fields.
Visit the CCCW website for more details
.
|
|
|
|
Wouldn't you like to Sponsor A Smile?
For as little as the price of a cup of coffee a week, you can
change lives
! A monthly gift will maximize your contribution and help sustain Global Smile Foundation's work year-round.
|
|
|
|
Upcoming 2019 Missions
Beirut, Lebanon
April 17 - April 28, 2019
Trujillo, Peru
May 24 - June 2, 2019
Guayaquil, Ecuador
July 19 - 28, 2019
Guayaquil, Ecuador
September 9 - 22, 2019
2-week Mission
|
|
For more information about our organization, our missions, or how to make a
donation
, please visit
www.gsmile.org
.
|
|
We would like to thank all of you who have made our organization capable of accomplishing so much over the past 10 years. Without your support, none of this would be possible!
|
|
Are you following us yet? Stay up-to-date with GSF by following us on social media!
|
|
A healthy smile is just the beginning...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
