Treatment and Education Grants

Smile Train Treatment & Education Grants are designed to help support Mission Groups who provide treatment for poor children with clefts and education and training for medical professionals in developing countries. The goal is to help children who would not otherwise receive care through free treatment (i.e. surgery, orthodontia, and speech therapy), improving the quality of treatment, or providing for related expenses such as equipment. These grants are also designed to help medical professionals in developing countries improve their proficiency, safety, and quality of cleft care provided.

Mission Groups provide treatment for poor children and/ or education for medical professionals in developing countries.

• Missions must be focused primarily on providing treatment for poor children with clefts in developing countries.
• Missions are not sent to sites where there is a local Smile Train partner.
• The leaders of the mission must be board certified surgeons and anesthesiologists actively involved in cleft care.
• Surgical fellows and residents must operate under close supervision.
• Missions must use appropriate medical equipment for safety and quality (e.q. pulse oximeter)
• Whenever possible, missions should include training and education of local medical professionals.

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