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Trip Report: Wenzhou, China

Among the dedicated volunteers on theWenzhou team was photographer CamiWinslow, who was born with a bi-lateral cleft.In her own words:

"Sometimes there are surgeries that areso profound that they impact not only theindividual personally affected, but they alsochange the lives of those around the patient.This was the case for me today. I’m not astranger to clefts..."

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Trip Report: Guiyang, China

In March, an Alliance for Smiles medical teamreturned to Guiyang to follow up on the previousmission to that site in 2013. This trip was trulyin the spirit of international cooperation, withmedical and non medical volunteers hailing fromfive countries including the United States,China, Canada, India, and Malaysia.

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Trip Report: Xingyi, China

Last month, I was honored to join Alliance forSmiles on a medical mission to Xingyi, China.Our goal was simple: provide life-changing

surgery to as many children as possible. Inreality, they were the ones changing our lives.Every day, our patients greeted us with toothygrins, waves and hugs. We may have providedthem with a free medical procedure; but, thelove and joy they gave us in return isunquantifiable...

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Trip Report: Gazipur, Bangladesh

None of our medical missions are "easy" butthis mission posed a number of extrachallenges, because of safety concerns in thearea. One night one of the patients requiredadditional care - which is not unusual - butbecause of the security issues the volunteerswho were with him had to stay in the hospital allnight...

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10th Anniversary Gala

Our big 10th Anniversary Gala was held on April11th, 2015 at the Intercontinental Hotel in SanFrancisco. It was a huge success with 260 inattendance - our biggest event to date! Wehonored our volunteers, raised funds, andcelebrated our successes from the last year.

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And mark your calendars for next year's eventscheduled for March 19, 2016.

International Cleft Symposium

This April participants from our five treatmentcenters in China came together in Shanghai tomeet with American experts in the fields ofsurgery, orthodontia & dentistry, speech

Alliance for Smiles Our mission is to repair children's brokensmiles by providing free comprehensivetreatment for cleft lip and palate deformitiesin under-served areas of the world.

We are 501c3 charitable organization(Federal ID #80-0119414). Your contributionqualifies as a charitable donation under USfederal and California state tax laws.

pathology, and anesthesia. They discussed thecommon challenges of setting up successfultreatment programs. In addition, a contingencyof five came from Bangladesh where an AfSTreatment Center team will be hosted inSeptember.

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Please Welcome Kim Brown!

There will be a change in leadership at Alliancefor Smiles in February when Mr. Kim Browncomes in as President and CEO, and AnitaStangl steps down and retires. Brown comes toAfS with experience in both the for-profit andnot-for-profit arenas. Of her retirement Stangl states, “I feel verycomfortable handing over the reins to Kim, ashe will be able to lead the organization to a newlevel...

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Because Every ChildDeserves A Smile...