San Salvador, SV, Jan 18-27, 2013
GSF recently returned from another very successful mission in San Salvador, El Salvador. This was the 10th mission for our volunteers to El Salvador since 2006. The mission was generously sponsored by the Kiwanis Club Los Robles, Salvadorian NGOs, members of the Parliament, and other individuals.
GSF partnered with Hospital de Niños Benjamin Bloom, Kiwanis Club Los Robles, and local Salvadoran colleagues to provide the highest quality, multidisciplinary cleft care. GSF also worked with students from Colegio Los Robles and Escuela Americana.
GSF and the El Salvadoran team screened 51 patients and performed surgery on 25 patients. In addition, many speech therapy and psychosocial sessions occurred throughout the week. Mission page >>
News
- Craniofacial Fellowship & NAM Therapy
- Psychosocial Program and Educational DVD
- Treinta niños serán operados por paladar hendido en ESA. Esta es la décima jornada que realiza la organización Global Smile Foundation y Club Kiwanis Los Robles en el país. La Prensa Grafica, January 21, 2013
- Mimi Banks, L’Oréal, Employee Spotlight
- Con operaciones y prótesis, 109 niños recuperan sonrisas, Eluniverso.com, Sept 27, 2012
- Ivory Coast, Africa, Cleft Mission, Video
- Hospital León Becerra opera a 109 niños con fisuras faciales con nueva técnica, Expreso.ec, Sept 26, 2012
- About Global Smile Foundation, globalsmilefound YouTube Channel, Sept 17, 2012
Events
- Nov 12, 2012, Golf Tournament Fundraiser
Ecuador Andrea Torres jugará golf para devolver la sonrisa a los niños nacidos con malformaciones en sus labios — La reina de la provincia del Guayas se sumó a la labor social de la fundación Global Smile Ecuador que traerá a medio centenar de médicos estadounidenses para operar a infantes que tengan el paladar hendido y labio leporino . . . Read
Missions
Updates
Upcoming
- Trujillo, Peru, June 7-16, 2013
- Santiago Atitlan, November 1-10, 2013
- San Salvador, El Salvador, January 17-26, 2014
- Guayaquil, Ecuador, March 7-16, 2014
- Beirut, Lebanon, April 2014
Our Mission
Global Smile Foundation (GSF) was formed in 2008 as a Massachusetts not-for-profit corporation. The founding members are a group of dedicated volunteers and medical professionals who have been actively involved with global outreach programs for the last 26 years in countries in Latin America, Africa and the Indian Subcontinent . . .
Cleft Team
GSF’s mission is to provide comprehensive & multi-disciplinary cleft care at all sites served and to support the local communities in developing a cleft team approach to manage their patient population. This commitment is reflected by our comprehensive team staffing of: Surgeons experienced with cleft procedures from renowned US teaching . . .
Training & Education
GSF works with the local authorities to expand the role of nutritional & preventative programs to decrease the incidence of cleft deformities such as folic supplementation during pregnancy, smoking cessation, public awareness campaigns, etc. GSF also works with local nonprofits and authorities to . . .
