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Ayu Putu Sumaningsih

Ayu Putu Sumaningsih or better known to all as Ayu is presently the Yayasan Senyum Bali Shop Assistant in our Ubud Smile Shop. She is a very hard worker and has a lovely personality.

Ayu is from Tejakula in North Bali and came to Yayasan Senyum Bali in 2007 when she was found by one of the workers from the Crisis Care Centre in Lovina which is also in North Bali. Ayu was suffering from a deformity of the chin and she was referred to Yayasan Senyum Bali for follow up investigation.

In March 2007 Ayu attended the Australian Cranio Facial Unit Team Clinic held in Denpasar and was found to be suffering from a lower jaw abnormality which the Team decided would require corrective surgery by the Australian Cranio Facial Unit in Adelaide, South Australia. On 2 April 2007 Ayu went to Adelaide and began the process of pre-surgery. Then on Mei 2007 ayu get the surgery for her chin. The operation was very successfull. After operation ini Adelaide she has been having post operation control every year when Professor David J David doing his clinical visit to Bali up till today.

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 [...]

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