Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we estimate that more than 54,000 free, lifesaving cleft surgeries have been put on hold.
Smile Train’s top priority remains, as always, the safety and well-being of our beneficiaries, medical partners, friends, family, and global supporters. The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year. Policy/Advocacy: We lobby for cleft birth registries in LMICs, passage of the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act in the US, and other policies to benefit the cleft community. Raising Awareness: We run global fundraising programs and produce PSAs about clefts and their treatment across various mediums including TV, radio, Out of Home, and print advertising Ĭommunity Building: Our efforts at fostering a global cleft community include choirs made up of our speech therapy patients and Cleft Con, an annual gathering of the US cleft community We also recently formed our Smile Train Research and Innovation Advisory Council, a think tank of cleft experts Thought Leadership: Employees and board members frequently present at major conferences and publish research. Strategic Partnerships: We proudly partner with like-minded organizations, including Lifebox, KidsOR, and the WHO's Art for Health Initiative
What are this organization’s external mobilizaton efforts? This organization mobilizes for mission in the following ways: The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.
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