When a study trip turned into amazement !

Operation * " Muskaan "

* smile

Impact India Foundation  has organised a "clefts-only" camp at Durg, now in the newly formed state of Chhattisgarh. The Chief Minister, Ajit Jogi inaugurated the project amidst much fanfare and media glare on 22 June 2001, along with Zelma Lazarus, CEO Impact Asia- Pacific, and members of the Impact team.

The Chief Minister referred to the Gandhi book gifted to him by Impact India Foundation, and said that " to help the poor and needy is true devotion to God and Impact's relentless service to mankind finds Impact closer to God... and Operation Muskaan is one amongst many efforts to bring back dignity and a smile to all those affected by clefts and who have been shunned by society.... "
Ajit Jogi also said he hoped that the Lifeline Express would create a new record in Chhattisgarh for conducting the maximum number of cleft-related surgeries ever to be held anywhere in India.
Meanwhile almost every newspaper in Durg carried a feature on the Lifeline Express' inauguration by the Chief Minister and as word spread so did the crowd start to swell eager to join in the celebration and in the miracle...
After inspecting the facilities on the Lifeline Express, the Chief Minister spoke with some of the patients and later expressed his admiration of the Impact India Foundation team for all the work done and its achievements since its inception.

Picture Gallery for Special Project at Durg, Chhattisgarh - Clefts only

Upper lip Cleft

Pre-operative

Post-operative