CLAPA-Cambridge Branch
Supporting Families
Throughout East of England
GREAT NEWS !! THE SMILE TRAIN DOCUMENTARY ‘SMILE PINKI’ HAS WON THE OSCAR!!
Please read the NOTE from Satish Karla, from Delhi Smile Train Office; ‘As you may have already heard ‘Smile Pinki’ got nominated for an Oscar! It’s a beautiful documentary capturing the sad and pitiful life of 6 year old girl born with a cleft BBC REPORT
“2008 WINTER WONDERLAND” PARTY - On Sunday 30 November 2008, From 2.00- 5.00pm -was another huge success Freya our promising young journalist :-) interviewed Mr Per Hall about his forthcoming trip to Ethiopia to do cleft surgery with ‘Operation Smile’. To read a transcript of Freya’s interview with Mr Per Hall click here. FREYA’S INTERVIEW A very special thank you to the Wicked Cake Company for continuously providing many yummy cakes.
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Freya’s interview with Mr Hall before his trip to Ethiopia with OS.
2009 SUMMER PARTY SPONSORS
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPONSORS BELOW:,
YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!!
Tesco - £5.00 voucher
Sainsbury’s - £10.00 voucher
Wagamama - £30.00 voucher
Premier Food - Hamper
Dr Mary Archer - For 3 signed books
Mr Halbert for numerous cans of coke and lemonade, plates and cups and MOT certificate
CLAPA CAMBRIDGE ANNUAL TALK AND PRESENTATION BY MR PER HALL (CONSULTANT PLASTIC SURGEON AT ADDENBROOKE’S) ABOUT HIS TRIP TO ETHIOPIA THAT HE WENT IN DECEMBER 2008 WITH OPERATION SMILE CHARITY (25 April 2009)
The charity sends teams of surgeons, nurses, doctors and other medical professionals to 26 countries, to operate on children and adult with a cleft lip or palate, as well as train the local surgeons. Mr Hall showed us as some pictures that his wife Mrs Sarah Hall, who went as a volunteer photographer has taken on this trip. It was very inspiring and moving to hear about the project in Ethiopia and about a life-changing cleft surgeries. The committee is very grateful to Mr Hall for giving us his time, sharing with us about his trip and showing us some amazing photographs. We are very keen to continue support Mr Hall trip and raise valuable funds for the hospital in Jimma. Any donations are greatly appreciated as they will help to improve the cleft care in Ethiopia and raise the awareness of this amazing work of Operation Smile in developing countries. To read a transcript of Freya’s interview with Mr Per Hall click here. FREYA’S INTERVIEW
Cleft Net East Study Day, 18th of June 2009 - by William Napier The link professionals for the whole of Cleft.Net.East, the East of England Cleft Lip and Palate Network once a year a study day.
The gel that could end the misery of cleft palates - An article in ‘Mail on line’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1259069/The-gel-end-misery-cleft-palates.html
BBC LOOK EAST WAS FILMING CARA AND JOSHUA AT THE CLEFT CLINIC - to raise the awareness of Blue Peter Send a Smile Appeal, and Mr Hall’s work with Operation Smile. Wednesday 21st of October 2009.
2009 SUMMER PARTY - another successful and lovely party was supported by so many of you. Thank you all for coming and we hope you had as much fun as we did.
HARRY POTTER THEMED DAY- 14 March 2009, Cambridge
The Cleft Lip and Palate Team (Addenbrooke’s Hospital) in partnership with Changing Faces organised an excited day for 7 to 11 years old children with a cleft lip and/or palate.
“2009 WINTER WONDERLAND PARTY” - Sunday 13th of December 2009, 1 - 4pm Frank Lee Centre, Many thanks to Mr Tariq Ahmad (Consultant Plastic Surgeon) for being santa and supporting the branch as always!!. The committee would also like to thank Mr Hall for showing us a short video about Blue Peter Send A Smile Appeal and Operation Smile Amazing Work in Guwahati, India. A Special thank you to Dr Anne Harding Bell, Lead Speech and Language Therapist and Helene Somerville SLT, for helping out and giving us short talk about the audio visual equipment that the branch has purchased for Kettering SLTs who work with the Cleft Core Team.
