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The Children of Sumatra was set up with the aim of helping children suffering from cleft lip and palate living on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Many families there are too poor to pay for a simple operation that can transform their child’s future. In Europe and America we are almost unaware of this condition as it is corrected within the first year of a child’s life but in Indonesia this is not the case and the condition affects 1 in 300 children. Here are some of the children we have been able to help...
100 Smiles for Christmas Appeal - help us reach our target...
In October last year we launched the 100 Smiles for Christmas Appeal raising a wonderful £6,580 making 47 smiles possible. This Christmas we hope to get our total up to £14,000 to reach our target and make 100 smiles a reality for children in Sumatra.
Give the gift of a smile this Christmas. For more information and to get involved click here.
News update from Sumatra... OCTOBER 2008 We are now in the middle of our busy time for operations this year. The Dutch doctors arrived in Indonesia on the 12th September. On the 13th of September over 30 children were registered for operations suffering with cleft lip and palate. On the 15th of September another 35 children were registered. Other children were burns victims and were registered with Harapan Jaya Hospital directly for them to deal with seperately. As always thank you for your support. Katie Pavett, Children of Sumatra |
Bobby was one of the 1st children we helped. See his story here...
More information on our cleft lip and palate work
Location of our work
Sumatra is the sixth largest island in the world, and the third largest in the Indonesian archipelago. Lying between the Indian Ocean and the peninsula of Malaysia and Singapore, Sumatra sits parallel to the fault line, which runs up the west coast. This is where two tectonic plates meet, and it was movement caused by the immense build up of pressure along this fault line that resulted in the tsunami in December 2004. Worst hit was the northern tip of Sumatra, particularly Aceh province.
The work of The Children of Sumatra is within Aceh province, mainly on the island of Pulau Weh (also known as Sabang) in Medan, the capital of Sumatra and in the area around Lake Toba.
