The Vietnam Children Protection Fund in collaboration with Operation Smile have helped nearly 30,000 disadvantaged children with cleft lips and palates to receive free surgeries from 1997 to the present, with total funding of nearly VND70 billion.
On April 17, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha visited the National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology to present gifts to children with cleft lips and palates.
The children from Phu Tho, Bac Kan, Lao Cai, Dien Bien, and Hanoi have been provided with corrective surgeries under a program funded by Operation Smile through the Vietnam Children Protection Fund. Each child will receive funding of up to VND7.5 million for their surgery.
Every year in Vietnam, 3,000 children are born with cleft lips and palates. With the support of local and international organizations and the Vietnam Children Protection Fund, almost all children with the birth defects nationwide have received free surgeries.
The Vietnam Children Protection Fund has also helped these children in practising pronunciation to improve the efficiency of treatment and help them to integrate into their communities.
To raise funds to help even more children smile for the first time, Operation Smile Vietnam is holding their Charity Auction and Gala called “Summer of Love” on May 19th 2018 at Sheraton Saigon Hotel. With sponsorship packages from VND4 million or just donate the artworks and precious objects, anyone can help provide often life saving surgery to under-privileged children in Vietnam.
For more information on reservations and sponsorship packages, artworks and precious objects donation, please contact: giang.tran@operationsmile.org, or call Direct Line: +84 28 2222 1008. Visit the official fanpage at https://www.facebook.com/operationsmilevietnam
