Kara Gale-Harris

Kara's Smile Train Fundraising Page

Fundraising for The Smile Train
£500
raised of £300 target
by 14 supporters
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
Event: Birmingham Half Marathon 2010, on 24 October 2010
Participants: Kara Gale-Harris and Philip Harris
The Smile Train

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RCN 1114748
We empower local medical professionals to provide cleft treatment around the world

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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

As most of you will know I was born with a hair lip (now called cleft lip). I have attached some pics so that you can see a "before" and "after".

The Smile Train mission is focused on solving a single problem: cleft lip and palate.

They help children in 78 of the world's poorest countries.

Clefts are a major problem in developing countries where there are millions of children who are suffering with unrepaired clefts. Most cannot eat or speak properly. Aren’t allowed to attend school or hold a job. And face very difficult lives filled with shame and isolation, pain and heartache.

The good news is every single child with a cleft can be helped with surgery that costs £150 and takes as little as 45 minutes.

My aim is to raise £300 which will pay for two children to have operations; any more than that would obviously be a great bonus and would help even more :)

Obviously this is a cause very close to mine and my family's hearts and we would all be very grateful for your support!

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About the charity

The Smile Train

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RCN 1114748
Smile Train is the world’s largest cleft-focused organisation, and has a model of true sustainability — providing training, funding, and resources to empower local medical professionals in 70+ countries to provide 100%-free cleft surgery and other forms of essential cleft care in their communities.

Donation summary

Total raised
£500.00
+ £63.74 Gift Aid
Online donations
£226.00
Offline donations
£274.00

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