![]() ![]() Every year they organise a plethora of fund-raising activities to support either the Cebu10000 Programme or a local charity organisation that complies with our guidelines on local community support. Our employees value the opportunity to make a difference for patients in some of the world’s most deprived areas through our global charity partner. As expertise within Cebu and the surrounding area grows, the ambition is for the centre to become less reliant on direct support and more self-sufficient. In addition to funds, we will donate products, train healthcare professionals in infection prevention and provide logistics support. In 2021 we committed to an initial three-year partnership agreement to support establishing the cleft centre in the Philippine city of Cebu - the #Cebu10000 Proogramme. Since 2004, we’ve donated nearly 1.4 million pairs of Biogel ® surgical gloves to Operation Smile but our involvement is not restricted to gifts-in-kind. Read more about Operation Smile How we support Operation Smile globally Our shared view on achieving best and long-lasting patient outcomes is that care should be holistic and address the whole range of cleft care needs, including nutrition, dentistry, orthodontics, speech therapy, as well as psychological support. As well as raising awareness of cleft lips and palates, Operation Smile has provided hundreds of thousands of free surgeries to children and young adults since 1982 – giving each one a new start in life. With a presence in over 60 countries, Operation Smile is on a mission to change that. This can be so extreme that some parents even abandon their children. As well as difficulties with breathing, feeding and speech, they can cause a range of social problems, including ostracism. Cleft lips and palates can be a severe impediment, both practically and psychologically. In most developed countries, they’re corrected soon after birth by a simple operation that leaves children with nothing but a small scar.īut elsewhere in the world, it's a very different story. Chances are you've never met a child with a cleft palate or a cleft lip.
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