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Operations In Other Islands

The Smile Foundation of Bali’s mission is to bring health care to people suffering from cranio-facial disabilities; this includes both cleft lip and palate. It is our mission also to be able to assist patients from all over Indonesia, particularly in Bali, NTB and Eastern Indonesia.

The Smile Foundation is proud to be in partnership with Badan Koordinasi Kegiatan Kesejahteraan Sosial / BK3S (Coordinating Council for Social Welfare Activity) of Kupang East Nusa Tenggara and the local Government Bodies. This partnership has resulted in finding a large number of cleft patients, followed by cleft operations projects in Flores and Timor Islands.

Rescued Smiles, Rescued Lives

March 2007 / Bali Advertiser By Ibu Kat There’s a shadow behind the bright smiles of bali’s children. For about every 600 live births in Indonesia, one baby will be born with a cleft lip or cleft palate. The cause isn’t known, but malnutrition and lack of folic acid in the mother’s diet may be [...]

Gede Gandiva Pangestu

Gede was born in Singaraja, Bali November 2010 as the first born child. Right after his birth, his parents found that their son suffered with disabilities, a cleft lip. Due to being in the lower economy class, the family did not have the funds to cover their son’s operation. Gede’s parents brought him to Rumah [...]