Welcome to Yayasan Senyum's website. In Indonesian 'senyum' means smile and that's certainly what we want our patients to do!

Established
Yayasan Senyum was established on August 25, 2005, based on the notarial deed of Viddy Dandi Yanta, SH, No. 2 dated August 5, 2005, at the urging of cranio-facial doctors from Australia and Indonesia, who saw the need for an organization that could support them by assisting poor patients through funding and logistics support.

Mission Statement
The mission of Yayasan Senyum is to reduce the suffering currently associated with craniofacial abnormalities and to improve quality of life by facilitating the delivery of health care to people with craniofacial disabilities in Bali and other Indonesian islands in partnership with local and international health care professionals.

Operations
The majority of operations are carried out at RSUP Sanglah (Sanglah Hospital) or other hospitals in Bali.

Patients who present with serious conditions that need a higher level of treatment than is currently available locally are sent to the Australian Craniofacial Unit in Adelaide, for surgery by Professor David David.

Skills Development
Yayasan Senyum hopes that a major element of its work in the future will be local skills building through the Australian Cranio-Facial Unit in Adelaide which offers excellent skills training.

News

We are on The Jakarta Post
On the 3rd of October 2007 The Jakarta Post published an article about us.
(The webmaster apologizes for the delay)

Two years old...
Yayasan Senyum is two years old this month and we are taking time now to reflect on our work so far and to plan for the future by establishing a strategic plan to take us forward.

We are smiling... We have a Smile House!
Rumah Senyum - the Smile House is now up and running.

Our Patients
Three Patients leave for operations in Adelaide
On the evening of the 31st of March, Arham and Rasih with their mothers and Ayu with her uncle, nervously left Denpasar for Adelaide for operations at the Australian Craniofacial Unit... [Read more...]
Gianyar Operations
In early March we were asked by Sanglah Hospital to find patients for a 'bulk' operation at Gianyar public hospital... About 60 operations were performed by doctors from Jakarta, Surabaya and Sanglah... [Read more...]

Donors...
Rumah Senyum - The Smile House
A generous donation by Sanford Chee has enabled us to rent a house close to Sanglah Hospital. It is not large but has made a huge difference to the Yayasan. Patients stay before and after operations... [Read more...]
In the right spot!
Sometimes the right people are in the right spot just when we need them. Recently a little girl from Lombok came for a palate operation but had a massive infection in her ears and sinuses... [Read more...]
Thanks to our generous donors!

Medical News
Cleft Lip & Palate
Many people in developed countries may never have seen a cleft lip or palate... [Read more...]

Volunteers
Rusmini
If you read the first Update you will remember Rusmini who went to Adelaide for facial surgery in June 2006... [Read more...]