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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!!

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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

A gel that heals cleft palates has been created by Oxford scientists in a breakthrough that offers hope to thousands of children.  Cleft palates and lips are Britain's most common birth defect and affect around 1,000 babies a year. Although they can be corrected through surgery, those most severely affected can suffer problems with their speech and appearance for years to come.  Researcher David Bucknall said the gel was significantly better than anything we can do now'. The gel is similar to the one used in soft contact lenses. It slowly absorbs water, swelling to ten times its original size. Tests under a £200 million 'super-microscope' at the Science and Technology Facilities Council in Oxfordshire ensured the gel's structure was right. The researchers plan to insert small discs of the gel under the skin, close to the cleft. Once there, they expand as they take in water from the body and new skin grows over them.  They are removed six or eight weeks later and the fresh skin used to stitch up the cleft. Researchers from Oxford University, the city's John Radcliffe Hospital and the Georgia Institute of Technology in the U.S., hope the technique could be in widespread use by 2013.

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Although they can be corrected through surgery, those most

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1259069/The-gel-end-misery-cleft-palates.html#ixzz0j26mecy5