Our Nominated Charity

Tribal Mango will donate £1 for every order of £25 or more to The Smile Train. The Smile Train is a charity whose mission is to provide safe, quality treatment for clefts (gaps in the upper lip and/or palate) free of charge to children living in poverty in developing countries. The Smile Train work with local doctors and hospitals in providing free training, equipment and financial aid in over 70 countries, and as a result over 300,000 children have been treated since 2000. Children with clefts born to poor families in developing countries can suffer immense hardship and some are even killed or abandoned; all for a condition which can cost as little as £150 and take as little as 45 minutes to treat.

Juliana's Story
Juliana was abandoned by her mother only days after her birth and was left with a stranger who took her to a home for orphaned and abandoned children as she had problems feeding her and could not afford the treatment Juliana needed.

At the home they arranged for Juliana to have her cleft lip and palate repaired through a Smile Train partner in Manilla, enabling Juliana to have a bright future.

Juliana before treatment	Juliana after her treatment

This is an extract from a letter we received from Smile Train dated 27th March 2012:

"Thank you so much for another generous gift! We are honoured to have your continued support and promise to put your gift to good use by providing safe, quality and free cleft care to desperately poor children.

Smile Train works in some of the poorest countries in the world where many of our patients and their families live on just £2 a day. Most of the children we help have waited years for someone like you to provide the funding they need for this life-changing surgery.

Your commitment to our mission of providing every child born with a cleft anywhere in the world the opportunity to live a full and productive life, gives these children not only a new smile, but a second chance at life."

Priscilla Ma
Executive Director
The Smile Train