Global Smile Foundation Newsletter
Dedicated to Providing Comprehensive Cleft Care
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Volume X, Issue I
January 2020
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The GSF Team Heads Back to San Salvador
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On January 10-19, 2020 the GSF team returns to San Salvador, El Salvador for the 17th mission in 15 years to make healthy smiles possible for underserved patients. GSF will work in collaboration with the staff at
Hospital Nacional de
Niños Benjamin Bloom
as well as with local volunteers.
Through the generosity of our supporters, GSF volunteers are able to provide much-needed comprehensive cleft care in a country where one third of the population lives under the poverty line and lacks access to even basic healthcare services.
Last year, the team examined 70 patients with clefts and performed 31 surgical procedures, 164 dental procedures, and 21 speech therapy sessions. We can't wait to reunite with the patients from previous years for follow-up care and to see how they have grown!
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3rd International Comprehensive Cleft Care Workshop
Chennai, India October 14-16, 2020
www.cleftworkshop.org
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Smile of the Month:
Diego
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GSF is proud of Diego, our patient-turned-volunteer from Guayaquil, Ecuador, for completing his university program. In December 2019, he graduated from
Universidad Politécnica Salesiana
and received his diploma (pictured above with his mother).
Ever since his first surgery in 1996, Diego and his family have been part of the GSF family. From dental care and orthodontics to additional surgical procedures as he grew, Diego has received long-term, comprehensive care from the GSF team throughout his life. He is also a dedicated volunteer with
Fundacion Global Smile-Ecuador
and will be joining us next week in San Salvador as a photographer.
Diego's spirit and hard work demonstrate that a healthy smile
*is*
just the beginning!
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Will you 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.
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San Salvador, El Salvador
January 10-19, 2020
Guayaquil, Ecuador
March 3-15, 2020
Beirut, Lebanon
April 8-19, 2020
Trujillo, Peru
May 22-31, 2020
Guayaquil, Ecuador
July 10-19, 2020
Guayaquil, Ecuador
September 11-20, 2020
Beirut, Lebanon
November 8-15, 2020
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2020 Workshops
Chennai, India
October 14-16, 2020
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For more information about our organization, our missions, or how to make a
donation
, please visit
www.gsmile.org
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A healthy smile is just the beginning...
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