Cleft lip and palate organisations
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Africa
- Project Harar Ethiopia UK-based charity that helps children with facial disfigurements in Ethiopia
- Operation Smile South Africa South African-based charity that helps children with cleft lips, cleft palates and facial disfigurements in Africa
Australia
- CleftPALS Australia is the support group for parents and families affected by clefts.http://www.cleftpals.org.au/index.asp Active branches operate in most states including in Victoria.http://www.cleftpalsvic.com
- Operation Cleft is an Australian based charity run to help cleft affected families in Bangladesh. http://www.operationcleft.org.au
China
- Smile Angel FoundationSmile Angel FoundationSmile Angel Foundation is a Beijing-based charity founded in 2006 by Faye Wong and Li Yapeng to help Chinese children born with clefts. It is affiliated with the Red Cross Society of China...
(Chinese: 嫣然天使基金; pinyin: Yānrán Tiānshǐ Jījīn; sometimes Yanran Angel Foundation) is a Beijing-based charity founded in 2006 by Faye WongFaye WongFaye Wong is a highly successful and influential Chinese singer-songwriter and actress who is usually referred to as a diva . Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong . Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and rose to stardom in the early 1990s by singing...
and Li YapengLi YapengLi Yapeng is a Chinese actor. He starred two CCTV TV series adaptations of Louis Cha's Wuxia novels; Guo Jing in The Legend of the Condor Heroes and Linghu Chong in Laughing in the Wind .In 2005 he married actress and singer Faye Wong, and had a daughter by her in May 2006, Li Yan...
to help Chinese children born with clefts.
France
- Association Francophone des Fentes Faciales
- National French Network of Centers for Cleft Lip and Palate treatment
Ireland, Republic of
- Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Ireland
- The Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Italy
- Operation Smile Italy Operation Smile Italy Onlus provides free reconstructive surgery to children and young adults suffering facial deformities
Philippines
- Operation Yuhum, sponsored by the RotaryRotary InternationalRotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...
Club of Iloilo CityIloilo CityThe City of Iloilo is a highly urbanized city in the Philippines and the capital city of Iloilo province. It is the regional center of the Western Visayas, as well as the center of the Iloilo-Guimaras Metropolitan Area...
, http://www.rotaryclubiloilocity.com/http://www.bookstothephilippines.com/Donate_Books_to_the_Philippines/Operation_Yuhum.html
United Kingdom
- Cleft Lip and Palate AssociationCleft Lip and Palate AssociationThe Cleft Lip and Palate Association also known as CLAPA is a charity registered in England and is the only UK-wide voluntary organisation specifically helping those with, and affected by, cleft lip and palate....
- The Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland
- Face Forward
- Operation Smile UK Operation Smile UK provides free reconstructive surgery to children and young adults suffering facial deformities
United States
- Alliance for Smiles
- AmeriFace
- www.ccakids.org
- The Cleft Palate Foundation
- Cleft Lip and Palate Foundation of Smiles
- cleftAdvocate
- FACES: The National Craniofacial Association
- Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
- InterplastInterplastInterplast, now called ReSurge International, is the first international humanitarian organization to provide free reconstructive surgery in developing countries, primarily to children with cleft lip and palate and burn scar contractures....
- Medical Missions for Children (MMFC)- Massachusetts
- National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction
- Operation SmileOperation SmileOperation Smile is a not-for-profit medical service organization based in Norfolk, Virginia , founded in 1982. A secular NGO, the children's medical charity provides cleft lip and palate repair surgeries to children worldwide, assists countries in reaching self-sufficiency with these surgeries, and...
- Rotaplast
- Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenShriners Hospitals for ChildrenShriners Hospitals for Children is a network of 22 non-profit hospitals across North America. Children with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate are eligible for care and receive all services in a family-centered environment, regardless of the patients’...
- Smile Network InternationalSmile Network InternationalSmile Network International is a Minnesota-based global non-profit, humanitarian organization that specializes in providing free surgeries for impoverished children in developing countries who are born with cleft lips and palates....
- Smile Train
- Smiley Faces Foundation
- Wide Smiles