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| 2011, The Smile Train-Cleft Surgery India RS 5 |
2011, The Smile Train-Cleft Surgery India RS 5 MN H
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| Country / Post | India |
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| Date of Issue | 6 December 2011 |
| Primary theme | Mankind (Children) Medicine (Disabilities) |
| Subject | The Smile Train Cleft Surgery |
| Width | 38.5 mm |
| Height | 28.5 mm |
| Denomination | 5.00 INR |
| Number in set | 1 |
| Layout/Format | sheet |
| Perforations | 13.5 by 13.5 |
| Stamp issuing authority | Ministry of Communications Department of Posts |
| Printer | India Security Press, Nasik |
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A GAP IN THE UPPER LIP IS CALLED A CLEFT. THIS IS ONE OF THE COMMONEST FORMS OF BIRTH DEFECTS AMONG HUMANS. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ONE CHILD IN EVERY 700 BORN ARE AFFLICTED WITH THIS DEFECT. ANY BIRTH DEFECT IS TRAGIC AND PAINFUL. A CLEFT RESULTS IN EXTREME FACIAL DEFORMITY. THE CHILD IS UNABLE TO EAT OR SPEAK PROPERLY AND OFTEN OTHER DIFFICULTIES SUCH AS HEARING IMPAIRMENT ACCOMPANY A CLEFT. IF UNTREATED THE CHILD IS LEFT HELPLESS AND CONDEMNED TO LEAD LIFE AS A SOCIAL OUTCAST. HOWEVER, THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW BIRTH DEFECTS THAT CAN BE EASILY CORRECTED BY SURGICAL REPAIR THAT COULD TAKE AS LITTLE AS 45 MINUTES. THE SMILE TRAIN IS A GLOBAL CHARITY ORGANIZATION REACHING OUT OT MILLIONS OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM CLEFT DEFECTS AND DEFORMITIES. THE SMILE TRAIN BEGAN IN 1999 WITH ONE SURGERY IN CHINA PERFORMED BY A LOCAL MEDICAL TEAM AND HAS SINCE GROWN INTO THE LARGEST CLEFT ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD. THE SMILE TRAIN HAS ALREADY TRAINED MORE THAN 1100 DOCTORS AND SPONSORED MORE THAN 1,60,000 SURGERIES IN INDIA. THE AIM OF THE SMILE TRAIN IS NOT JUST TO PUT SMILES ON THE FACES OF KIDS THAT HAVE NEVER KNOWN ONE, BUT TO GIVE THEM A SECOND CHANCE IN LIFE. INDIA POST IS HAPPY TO ISSUE A COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP ON ‘THE SMILE TRAIN-CLEFT SURGERY’.
The Smile train is a global charity organization reaching out to the millions of children suffering from cleft defects and deformities.
A GAP IN THE UPPER LIP IS CALLED A CLEFT. THIS IS ONE OF THE COMMONEST FORMS OF BIRTH DEFECTS AMONG HUMANS. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ONE CHILD IN EVERY 700 BORN ARE AFFLICTED WITH THIS DEFECT. ANY BIRTH DEFECT IS TRAGIC AND PAINFUL. A CLEFT RESULTS IN EXTREME FACIAL DEFORMITY. THE CHILD IS UNABLE TO EAT OR SPEAK PROPERLY AND OFTEN OTHER DIFFICULTIES SUCH AS HEARING IMPAIRMENT ACCOMPANY A CLEFT. IF UNTREATED THE CHILD IS LEFT HELPLESS AND CONDEMNED TO LEAD LIFE AS A SOCIAL OUTCAST. HOWEVER, THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW BIRTH DEFECTS THAT CAN BE EASILY CORRECTED BY SURGICAL REPAIR THAT COULD TAKE AS LITTLE AS 45 MINUTES. THE SMILE TRAIN IS A GLOBAL CHARITY ORGANIZATION REACHING OUT OT MILLIONS OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM CLEFT DEFECTS AND DEFORMITIES. THE SMILE TRAIN BEGAN IN 1999 WITH ONE SURGERY IN CHINA PERFORMED BY A LOCAL MEDICAL TEAM AND HAS SINCE GROWN INTO THE LARGEST CLEFT ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD. THE SMILE TRAIN HAS ALREADY TRAINED MORE THAN 1100 DOCTORS AND SPONSORED MORE THAN 1,60,000 SURGERIES IN INDIA. THE AIM OF THE SMILE TRAIN IS NOT JUST TO PUT SMILES ON THE FACES OF KIDS THAT HAVE NEVER KNOWN ONE, BUT TO GIVE THEM A SECOND CHANCE IN LIFE. INDIA POST IS HAPPY TO ISSUE A COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP ON ‘THE SMILE TRAIN-CLEFT SURGERY’.
The Smile train is a global charity organization reaching out to the millions of children suffering from cleft defects and deformities.
The Smile Train has already trained more than 1100 doctors and sponsored more than 1,60,000 surgeries in India. The aim of the Smile Train is not just to put smiles on the faces of kids that have never known one, but to give them a second chance in life.
India Post issued a stamp on 6th December 2011 on Smile Train - Cleft surgery.
A cleft is a birth defect and often the No.1 birth defect in most developing countries – nutrition is one of the leading factors and lack of folic acid. Babies are born with clefts everywhere in the world including the U.S. But you seldom see clefts in the U.S. and Europe because they are repaired automatically soon after birth. Clefts are usually NOT repaired in developing countries because most of the families are too poor to afford surgery and the government will not provide free surgery. A gap in the upper lip is called a cleft. Any birth defect is tragic and painful. A cleft results in extreme facial deformity. The child is unable to eat or speak properly. However this is one of the few birth defects that can be easily corrected by surgical repair that could take as little as 45 minutes.
The smile train is a global charity organization reaching out to millions of children suffering from cleft defects and deformities. The Smile Train began in 1999, with one surgery in China performed by a local medical team, and has since grown into the largest cleft organization in the world.
Date Of Issue:-06.12.2011.
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