We are excited about our first visit to Marrakech, Morocco on a teaching mission happening NOW! We have 15 people on this mission including our Executive Director, Alison Healy, a fellowship intern, 4 nurses, and 4 surgeons. Our surgeons will be assisting and teaching complex surgical procedures, and our nurses will be teaching advance nursing skills. Our goal within these...
Morocco mission is coming up…
Our first trip to Morocco is coming up and Paul is busy packing. We keep a lot of medical supplies stored in our office and we wouldn’t be able to do what we do without them. The trip to Morocco is a teaching mission which means that Alliance for Smiles’ staff will supervise and teach the local nurses and doctors...
Networking for a Cause
Cambria Gallery 1045 Bryant St, San Francisco, CA 94103 January 11, 2018 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Are you ready to start the new year off with a unique and fun(draising) networking event? Are you looking to connect with an incredible community of like-minded entrepreneurs, innovators, and humanitarians where giving is their primary reciprocity style knowing they’ll end up reaping...
You still have time to help!
Over the last month we have shared stories of families whose lives have been transformed through the generosity of people just like you. Your tax-deductible gift truly makes a difference! You only have 1 day left to make a tax deductible donation for 2017 Give Now! Here are just a few of the amazing stories that your donations...
Left to die…
Aondesun was the second child born to Nguwaysen and the second child born with an anomaly. Her first child had hydrocephalitis (water on the brain) so her family banned her from returning to the family home with her first born. Nguwaysen had already suffered from the shock of having a baby with so many problems when her family did the...
We gave him his first birthday party at 5 years. Yes, really!
Xi turned five years old while he was in the hospital in Wenzhou, China. He had never had his birthday celebrated before. His family is poor and they don’t have money to buy each other presents. So something like cleft surgery was always just a dream. During his stay, the team asked all of the children to put their wishes...
Ordinary Girl found her home…
A 50-year-old woman had cradled in her arms a 3 month-old baby girl. She had found the baby in a garbage can, covered with blood, umbilical cord still attached. Born with a cleft lip and palate, the baby started her life as a person no one wanted. Wrapped only in a blanket, tucked in with a picture of a baby,...
