My friend I encourage to join the run 3rd from left (joel lara) and my cousin (Ramon Sagarino from right )who encourage me to join the run. and Marc Verdillo from left meet him after run.
A fun run that aims to raise public awareness that “bingot” or cleft and other craniofacial conditions are treatable and that free comprehensive care is available. If you support this cause then join the Miles for Smile: Run for Cleft Care happening on August 22, 2010 at the Fort Bonifacio Global City sponsored by the Noordhoff Cranofacial Foundations Philippines, Inc. (NCFPI).
Miles for Smiles – Official Press Release
WILL YOU RUN FOR A SMILE?
For some people, it takes time, sweat, the occasional tears and total commitment to yield one beautiful smile. The team of doctors and surgeons that make up the Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation Philippines, Inc. (NCFPI) do just that on a weekly basis as one in every 500 Filipinos are born with cleft.
On Mondays, children with “bingot” or cleft palates and craniofacial abnormalities can be seen crowding the east wing of Our Lady of Peace Hospital, a nondescript facility near the Bamboo Organ Church in Las Pinas. The numbers average to fifty in a day lining up to specialized cubicles for pediatric, dental, orthodontic, speech therapy, psychology and plastic surgery consultation. Tuesdays are reserved exclusively for surgeries to being done at Our Lady of Peace and PGH. “We are not a stitch-and-go medical mission. We provide the most comprehensive care based on world class standards”, clarifies NCFPI President, Glenda de Villa DMD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. All the doctors are volunteers yet through consistency, they developed a systematized operation that every patient has already been attended to by 5pm.
The earlier the better – a two-day old baby can undergo surgery provided he’s healthy and within the normal birth weight. At the foundation, very young kids with cleft have very open smiles not knowing how they are different from others, but uninformed parents risk subjecting their children to social ignorance and discrimination.
Read more: http://www.pinoyfitness.com/2010/06/miles-for-smiles-run-for-cleft-care-august-22-2010/#ixzz11Vd2uJ3u
Read more: http://www.pinoyfitness.com/2010/06/miles-for-smiles-run-for-cleft-care-august-22-2010/#ixzz11Vd2uJ3u
its me! just finished the 5k run.. too much interesting , more sweat, hungry and tiresome!!!
