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During the month of October Smile Project in the World undertook its yearly mission in the Hospital “Saint Mary Sick Assistance” of Khulna, in Bangladesh. Also this year we continued to systematically treat the surgery burn injuries that affect many children in Bangladesh, like in all poor countries. This happens because in these countries safety measures, above all in the house, are nonexistent. These are countries where by ‘house,’ people mean a hut of mud, at best. Thus, it is those who are the most vulnerable to be damaged by such living conditions, that are the youngest and the poorest. These burns determine functional limitations that are crucial, at times repulsive and unacceptable. This kind of surgery has demanded restructuring of the hospital building, a longer stay of the Association in the country and an ever greater collaboration with the local personnel.
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Smile Project in the World -
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International association for the treatment and cure of cranio-facial malformations and deformities in developing countries.
Smile Project in the World is a non-profit organisation that has operated in Bangladesh since 1997. It deals mainly with the correction of facial disfigurements and the healing of burns. Smile Project undertakes surgery and outpatient care in the hospital Saint Mary Sick Assistance in Khulna. This hospital was built and is managed by the missionaries of the order of Saint Francis Xavier. The centre has become a point of reference and source of hope for hundreds of dispossessed people.
The association, now recognised internationally, is exclusively formed of volunteers who offer professional skills and competences, each one according to their individual ability. Over time, Progetto Sorriso has decided that it is of fundamental importance to also sustain projects of a social character, like the construction of a house for homeless children and a shelter for the children of women imprisoned in the jail of Jessore.
You can sustain the association with donations and contributions (tax-deductible). Bank details:
IBAN IT82 M050 4801 6390 0000 0002 200
BIC/SWIFT POCIITM1124
addressed to Progetto Sorriso nel Mondo - ONLUS, Banca Popolare Commercio e Industria, Ag.124 C.so di P.ta Ticinese n.1 20123 Milano.
Headquarters:
Via Torino 61,
20123 Milano
CF. 97318210156
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