This September, I will be embarking on a journey to achieve a lifelong dream, in my attempt to hike over 14 days to Mount Everest Base Camp, ascending to a height of 5400 metres.
SMILE Train have been passionate in their mission to provide training, funding, resources, and other forms of essential care to empower medical professionals in over 70 countries to provide 100%-free cleft surgery. In the past 2 decades, they have provided cleft care to over 1.5 million children worldwide.
As a supporter of SMILE Train for over a decade, I will be dedicating this climb to the organisation and fundraising in their name! The goal of $70,000 will help support surgeries and care for 200 children who will have their lives transformed as a result! But the more we raise, the more lives we change.
I had the opportunity to visit two SMILE Train partner hospitals this year- B&B Hospital in Kathmandu, and Philippine Band of Mercy Hospital in Manila. I spent the days meeting the children, their families, and the doctors and medical staff caring so magnificently for the kids! To say it was life changing is an understatement.
As I set out to conquer my goal, I'm proud to use the opportunity to raise money for SMILE Train. 100% of the donations will be going to SMILE Train and any amount helps!
I thank you all for your support!
*All donations prior to 9/29/23 go directly to our programs in Nepal*
*All donations after 9/29/23 will support Smile Train general programs*
https://www.mysmiletrain.org/campaign/My-Mountain-to-Climb