Smile Train

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Smile Train
Susannah Schaefer
Websitesmiletrain.org

Smile Train is a

cleft lips and palates.[1] Headquartered in New York City and founded in 1999, Smile Train provides free corrective cleft surgery in 87 countries,[2] training local doctors and providing hospital funding for the procedures.[2]

History

Smile Train was created in 1998 by Brian Mullaney and

CT scan of two Chinese patients.[6] Smile Train distributes the DVDs to local doctors worldwide.[4][5] The DVDs are available in English, Spanish, and Mandarin.[7]

In 1999, Smile Train began providing corrective surgeries in China.[2] The charity worked with the then-American and Chinese presidents, George H. W. Bush and Jiang Zemin, in the planning of Smile Train's first operation in China.[8][citation needed]

Smile Train began working in India in 2000.

Bollywood actress and former Miss World, became Smile Train's first goodwill ambassador.[10]

Early recognition and criticism

In a 2008

New York Times article, economist Steven Levitt of Freakonomics fame indicated that the organization's model and its technological innovations "likely make Smile Train one of the most productive charities, dollar for deed, in the world."[11]

In 2009, the documentary Smile Pinki, which was sponsored by Smile Train and directed by Megan Mylan, won the 2008 Oscar for Best Documentary (Short Subject).[12] The film shows the story of a poor girl in rural India whose life is transformed when she receives free surgery to correct her cleft lip.

Smile Train worked with the Scottish charity KidsOR to revamp 30 operating theatres in Africa. This encompassed three in Nigeria, including in Kano, revamping an operating theatre there in the city's Armed Forces Specialist Hospital in 2022.[13]

In 2008,

Givewell could not assess the impact of Smile Train's activities based on the charity's 2008 tax form and other publicly accessible information.[15] Mullaney departed the charity in 2012.[16]

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ Domenico Nicosia (15 November 2013). "Ironman Arizona athletes raise funds for Smile Train to help kids". AZ Central. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Liu Zhihua (24 October 2013). "Driven by smiles". China Daily. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Simpson, Elizabeth (17 November 2013). "Two sides of charity: Competing, compassion". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Dubner, Stephen J.; Levitt, Steven D. (9 March 2008). "Bottom-Line Philanthropy". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  5. ^ a b Amanda Schaffer (2 August 2005). "Cleft Palate Practice, Pre-Surgery". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
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  7. PMID 15691163
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  8. ^ Brown, Nell Porter (September–October 2009). "Scaling Up Charity". Harvard Magazine. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  9. PMID 19884676
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  10. ^ "Archive.ph".
  11. ^ Dubner, Stephen J.; Levitt, Steven D. (March 9, 2008). "Bottom-Line Philanthropy". The New York Times Magazine.
  12. ^ "Nominees & Winners for the 81st Academy Awards". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  13. ^ "Smile Train, KidsOR donates pediatric facilities to Armed Forces Specialist Hospital Kano". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  14. ^ http://www.charitywatch.org/articles/smiletrain.html[full citation needed]
  15. ^ "Smile Train". GiveWell. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  16. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2022-11-08.
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