By Chisomo Phiri
As one way of reaching out to children with cleft lips and palates in the country, National Bank of Malawi ( NBM) on Monday February 27,2023 donated 3,000,000 Kwacha to Operation Smile Malawi.
Speaking after donating the cheque, National Bank Capital City Service Centre Manager George Nyirenda, said one of the bank’s policy is to reach out to people who are less privileged hence the gesture.
Operation Smile Malawi board chairperson Haroon Sacranie says every year they support operations for more than 350 children born with cleft lips and palates.
Operation Smile Malawi is a medical charity that provides free surgeries to children and adults born with cleft lip and cleft palate.
Founded in 2012, Operation Smile Malawi has provided life-changing surgery to more than 1,700 people across the country.
Cleft is a birth defect where a child is born with a slit on the lip or a hole in the roof of the mouth (the palate).
Children with this birth defect may face numerous life challenges including difficulties in eating, drinking, speaking and hearing. Children with cleft also face painful stigma and discrimination.
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