Smile Train leverages support by cost sharing with our Treatment Partners and fostering self-sufficiency.
The funding principles that guide our partnerships include a focus solely on programs that provide free treatment to poor children suffering with cleft lip and palate. When it comes to our programs...
We Do:
- Focus exclusively on programs related to cleft lip and palate.
- Focus on the poorest countries with the highest incidence of clefts.
- Support programs that provide free treatment for poor children.
- Support doctors and hospitals that need financial assistance.
- Leverage our support by cost sharing with our partners.
- Foster self-sufficiency in our partners.
- Closely monitor and manage all of our programs and partners.
- Require all of our partners to adhere to the highest standards of safety and quality.
We Don't:
- Pay for treatment for children whose families can afford it.
- Replace funding, or pay for surgeries that other organizations will pay for (government, insurance, charities, etc.).
- Support organizations that do not provide safe and high-quality treatment.
