A small hamlet in India, Kerala state, 2009: The girl Soorya is born with a cleft lip and palate.
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Mangaluru, India
Deutsche Cleft Kinderhilfe
Aid for children with cleft lip and palate
Your donation provides life-transforming surgeries and treatments for children with cleft lip and palate. Make a difference with your donation.
Every Smile Counts
We provide life-transforming surgeries and treatments for children with cleft lip and palate in our project countries. Make a difference with your donation.
Deutsche Cleft Kinderhilfe in Numbers
56
56 local teams work at the frontline of cleft repair surgeries worldwide
15
We are active in 15 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin-America
8.865
Around 9000 cleft repair surgeries each year. Making an impact for each child and its family.
89.386
Almost 90.000 cleft surgeries since our beginnings.
Every three minutes, a child is born with a cleft condition
Cleft lip and/or palate is one of the most common birth defects; one out of 500 newborn children is affected. Many children from families in developing countries often do not have access to a qualified medical treatment. Deutsche Cleft Kinderhilfe funds the necessary surgeries and followup therapies they need.
Without treatment, cleft children are severely impaired in their daily lives. They are often ostracized because of their appearance, and live on the margins of society with their families. Depending on the type and severity of the cleft, they face severe functional impairments. The children cannot swallow, eat or drink properly. As babies, they are often mal- and undernourished, making them susceptible to infectious diseases. In the worst case, their lives can be endangered as a result.
Your donation gives cleft children a chance to live healthy, happy lives.
Cleft repair surgery
Every Smile Counts
Cleft repair surgery
Every Smile Counts
Your donation transforms lifes.
A cleft surgery is a chance for a bright future.
Gift a smile.
Every three minutes, a child is born with a cleft condition.
A cleft repair surgery is a chance for a bright future.
Your donation transforms lifes.
How a child with a cleft condition develops depends largely on the country they are born in. In the countries where we provide cleft aid, access to qualified cleft treatment for children with cleft lip and palate is not a given. Many have to wait years for surgery, living with a visible cleft lip and/or an open palate. Our local teams serve as a reliable point of contact for these children and their families. You can find the countries where we support patients with cleft conditions here.
