Watsons transforms lives one smile at a time with Operation Smile
Written by: Armin P. Adina For a period of five days just this month, 60 corrective surgeries for children with cleft conditions were conducted in the Philippines through the “Give
Written by: Armin P. Adina For a period of five days just this month, 60 corrective surgeries for children with cleft conditions were conducted in the Philippines through the “Give
2016 marks the 90th year of Colgate-Palmolive in the Philippines and with that, the various global brands that have helped improve the lives of Filipinos. These brands include: Colgate, Palmolive, Gard,
Operation Smile came to Cebu for the 16th year under the aegis of the MSY Charitable Foundation. The initials stand for Mariquita Salimbangon Yeung whose foundation is involved in various civic endeavors.
We smile to show our emotions, to connect and to share our happiness.
Thirty years ago Dr. Bill Magee and his wife Kathleen, a nurse, came to the Philippines on a medical mission. They led a team that operated on children, and some adults, with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial disfigurements in Naga City.
Clad in a bespoke tuxedo, Donald “Don” Trump Jr., executive vice president of the Trump Organization, was a co-host of a charity dinner in New York. Walking down the red carpet, he was stopped by a reporter who asked his views on the charity cause.
There is no one cause of cleft lip and cleft palate. It could be genetics, or the poor nutrition the mother had while conceiving, but one thing is for sure: One child is born with a cleft every three minutes, and one in 10 infants with the condition dies before he or she turns one.
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