“An orofacial (or-oh-FAY-shul) cleft [which is the medical term for cleft lip and palate] is when a baby is born with an opening in the lip and/or roof of the mouth [Palate].” “KidsHealth Cleft lip”. Many kids with cleft lip and palate struggle every single day, having …show more content…
“Over 5,000 infants are born each year in the United States with a cleft lip or palate (about one in every 700 births).” “Cleft lip and Palate Gale”. The United States should want to help its children. Citizens of the United State should want to help each other out. As people, it should not be okay for a child to struggle for a condition that was not his or her intent to have, moral compasses will show bright in the light. It is a worldwide issue that affect the youth of our nation and others. also cleft lip is the third most common of malformation in the united states “Cleft lip and Palate Gale”. In America if this is extremely common, then it should be one of the United States main priorities to help the children. also cleft lip is most common in boys than girls but vice versa when it comes to cleft palate “Cleft lip and Palate Gale”. Occurring most often among Asians, Latinos, and Native Americans (one in 500), the next most often among persons of European ethnicity (one in 700), and the least often among persons of African ethnicity (one in 1,000).” “Cleft Lip and Palate …show more content…
Operation of Hope is a non-profit organization with all volunteer surgeons “Operation of Hope”. the organization was founded in 1988 by a retired ear, throat,and nose physician name Dr. JP Clawson. “Operation of Hope”. These organization affected more than 3,000 lives for the better “Operation of Hope”. Operation of hope makes sure that all of its surgeons are board certified and they perform free of charge for the families “Operation of Hope”. Since this is a non-profit organization, it’s not government runned. Operation of Hope only takes donations and volunteers. For them to continue helping the children of America they only use what they are given. They do not charge the families that they help and they renew a life.
Operation Smile is a organization that helps kids with cleft lip also. Operation Smile was founded in 1982 by Dr. William P. Magee and his wife, they traveled to the philippines and saw a epidemic of cleft lip children “Operation Smile”. Dr. Magee was a plastic surgeon that wanted to help these kids. they started to fundraise for the money to help these kids “Operation Smile”. they had 18 doctors that were volunteers. “Operation