The story of Raju, a rickshaw puller from Noida. Raju Prasad, a 29 years old man from Noida sector 8 was born with cleft lip and Cleft palate. He along with his father pulls rickshaw van everyday to earn livelihood. He never imagined undergoing a surgery to correct his lip. Wherever he went to correct his …
The 10th Kolkata Mission brought together many corporate and their employees to bring Smiles to 100 children. The mission was organized from 9th—15th May, 2015 at Flemming Hospital, Kolkata. The 10th Kolkata Mission commenced with a curtain raiser – ‘A Mile for Smile’-Walkathon on 3 May, 2015. Ms. Locket Chatterjee, a …
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Then one day, they came to know about Operation Smile India during a local hospital visit with their son. It was like a lifeline for them and they immediately registered their son’s name for the programme. After three months, they were informed that their child was among the lucky few to be selected for operation. …
Ronik Ghosh the only child of Manik Ghosh and Sutapa Ghosh. He was born with both cleft lip and cleft palate. His father works as a farmer in the Nadia district of West Bengal and his monthly income is around Rs. 2500. When Ronik was born, everybody in the family was very worried since it …
Ever since Rikta was born to their family, the happiness was missing as Rikta was born with Cleft lip and Cleft palate. The pain of being born with deformity was known to Rikta’s mother as she was also affected with polio. But she and her husband always wanted to see Rikta smiling …
It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” – Mother Teresa. It was by accident that I became aware of Operation Smile India. A friend casually mentioned how he was helping in bringing smiles to innocent faces. We saw the good work they were doing and I and two of …
The Operation Smile Guwahati Comprehensive Cleft Care Centre participated in the prestigious 1st Global Exhibition on Services held in Pragati Maidan from April 23-25, 2015. Organised by the Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC) of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), the exhibition strived to showcase the best …
Tutumoni the only child of Bipul and Nibhamoni Gogoi. When Nibhamoni became pregnant for the first time, she was very happy but the happiness suddenly vanished and ended in a disaster when her first child died at the time of birth. Bipul and Nibhamoni had no support from their families because of their love marriage …
Sadukhan Narzari was determined when he set foot outside his hut that morning. A small farmer with 9 mouths to feed, daily living was hard enough, so affording surgery for his child was close to impossible. He heard of Mission Smile free Cleft surgery for his son from an ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) worker who …
Ekadoshi was very happy when she realise that she is pregnant. The news not only made her happy, but also made Prashanta and his entire family happy. After 9 months when the baby was born, the doctor told to the family that the child is born with a deformity. But it was never thought by …
