Equipment and Supplies Grants

Equipment and Supplies Grants

Overview: Safety and quality are paramount to Smile Train. Equipment grants fund everything from cleft surgical sets to pulse oximeters, empowering partners to provide ever better care for ever more children.

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

Eligibility: Partner healthcare organizations and hospitals

Types of Equipment Funded:

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