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World Smile Day 2024
The first Friday in October is World Smile Day! An opportunity to highlight children affected by maxillofacial pathologies and the efforts made by La Chaîne de l'Espoir to give them back their smiles.
What is World Smile Day?
The World Smile Day is an opportunity to create a positive impact and a reminder that a simple smile can transform a life. This day is a call for solidarity. In this world smile day 2024it is essential to highlight the positive impact of care that helps not only to saving lives, but also to restore children’s self-esteem.
On this World Smile DayLa Chaîne de l’Espoir looks athe concrete solutions that offer these children the chance to regain their self-confidence. In West Africa, surgicalsions, awareness sessions and sessions are organized. They enable you to developaccess to reconstructive surgery to give these children a future.
Initiatives toed to put a smile children
Maxillofacial pathologies, such as cleft lip and cleft palateo-palatefacial tumors or the nomacan have a devastating impact on children’s lives. Little and medical personnel, the noma nevertheless a 90% mortality rate. Lhildren suffering from maxillofacial pathologies are frequently excluded from their communities. Indeed, theys are often seen as the result of a curse. This is why medical care also helps to combat the exclusion they too often suffer.
In 2023, we told you about Sali, an 8-year-old girl from Burkina Faso affected by the noma, saved thanks to a “smiling mission. During this mission reconstructive surgery, 76 patients, including 41 children benefited surgery. Thanks to your donations, they rediscovered the joy of smiling.
Support our actions for World Smile Day
To support the work of La Chaîne de l’Espoir, here are a few ways to contribute:
- Make a donation Your support is crucial to enable La Chaîne de l’Espoir to pursue its missions and bring a smile back to the faces of children suffering from maxillofacial pathologies. Every contribution can make a difference.
- Become a volunteer Get involved in initiatives supported by La Chaîne de l’Espoir and offer your time and skills to help children receive the medical care they need.
- Raise awareness Use social networks to highlight World Smile Day and raise awareness of the challenges faced by children with maxillofacial pathologies. Every share counts!
