Shivaraj G.

Give children with cleft lip and palate a second chance

Children with cleft lip and palate are born in every country in the world. Depending on the continent, one in every 400 to 700 children are born with this malformation: in India alone this amounts to an estimated 32,000 children a year. The consequences of this disability are dramatic, ranging from social exclusion and stigmatization to death from starvation, since children with cleft lip and palate cannot suck or eat properly.

Your commitment can completely transform the lives of a cleft child and its family. You finance the first year's treatment and the foundation finances all further measures, including follow-up operations and speech and hearing therapy.

Please help by sponsoring a cleft operation. Just click on the photo if you would like to sponsor the operation of this child. Or choose another child in need of help by clicking on Choose another child.