SMILE TRAIN

MISSION

• Raise awareness around the globe
• Provide surgeries to children with cleft palates who cannot afford it
• Eliminate the shame that society inflicts upon those with it
• Create a better life for third-world families
• Help children to eat, breathe, and talk normally

CHARITY

• Collects donations
• Free surgeries to poor, in need children and families
• Donates materials, time, surgeons, and money
• Provides smiles

SMILE TRAIN AND THE JUSTICE WHEEL

HUMAN DIGNITY

• Attempts to better life of children with this condition and who are shunned
• Stop taunting to highlight dignity and worth
• Respect all humans regardless of how they are born
• All humans are made in God's image and deserve same amt. of opportunities

OPTION FOR THE POOR

• Our duty to help those who need our assistance
• Third-world families cannot afford surgeries, so ST collects money
• Provides free smiles to create a more efficient lifestyle
• We are called to protect our brothers and sisters in need

SOLIDARITY

• ST seeks to unite the world through helping the needy
• Raises awareness to those less fortunate
• We become united by a single smile in our giving

ENCYCLICAL

• EV 52-53
• human life is sacred and inviolable
• Man is formed in His image and likeness
• God entrusts each of us to defend and promote human life
• Show reverence and love for each other

STATISTICS

REFLECTIONS

• Support organization
• Empathetic towards patients
• I want to help out those less fortunate than myself in same situation
• Advocate for organization's mission, and encourage others
• Everybody deserves the opportunity to live a happy life

WORKS CITED

• Smiletrain.org. Smile Train, Inc., 2013. Web. 20 Nov. 2013