Miles For Smiles

Miles for Smiles creates awareness and raises funds for

Operation Smile who facilitate corrective surgery on children born with cleft lip and palates. For these children, a relatively quick, simple operation results in a life-changing smile. We strive to ensure that every child with a cleft lip or palate has access to this level of surgical care.

*Operation Smile is a non-profit organisation that provides free corrective cleft lip or cleft palate surgeries to (mostly) children in need across the world.

Approximately one in every 1000 babies in African is born with a cleft lip or cleft palate. One in 10 children born with a cleft will die before their first birthday. Those that survive struggle with speech difficulties, are often malnourished and are frequently ostracised because of their appearance.

Help us make a difference

Your donation can help to make a life-changing difference. We welcome donations of any amount.

R5 500 funds a corrective surgery.

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It takes roughly 45 minutes
per surgery

One in 10 of children born with a cleft will die before their first birthday

Miles for Smiles creates awareness and raises funds for

*Operation Smile* who facilitate corrective surgery on children born with cleft lip and palates. For these children, a relatively quick, simple operation results in a life-changing smile. We strive to ensure that every child with a cleft lip or palate has access to this level of surgical care.

Help us make a difference

Your donation can help to make a life-changing difference. We welcome donations of any amount.

R5 500 funds a corrective surgery.

Operation Smile who facilitate corrective surgery on children born with cleft lip and palates. For these children, a relatively quick, simple operation results in a life-changing smile. We strive to ensure that every child with a cleft lip or palate has access to this level of surgical care.