Awareness Grants

Awareness Grants

Overview: These grants support campaigns to educate people about clefts and their treatment, reducing stigma and ensuring patients in need can reach Smile Train's partner hospitals.

Geographic Scope: Low- and middle-income countries with the highest incidence of clefts

Focus Areas:

Eligibility: Healthcare organizations and community partners

Funding Principles - What Smile Train Does:

• Focus exclusively on programs related to cleft lips and palates
• Focus on low- and middle-income countries with the highest incidence of clefts
• Support programs that provide free treatment for patients in need
• Support cleft team members and hospitals that need financial assistance
• Leverage support by cost-sharing with partners
• Foster self-sufficiency in partners
• Closely monitor and manage all programs and partners
• Require all partners to adhere to the highest standards of safety and quality

What Smile Train Does NOT Fund:

• Treatment for children whose families can afford it
• Surgeries that other organizations will subsidize (government, insurance, charities, etc.)
• Organizations that do not provide safe and high-quality treatment