IMPACT REPORT 2018 A smile is the simplest actThe Smile of Mission kindness Ltd Impact Report 2018 | 1 17,063 10,193 1,755 134 13 Evaluations New Smiles Volunteers Missions Countries 2 | The Smile Mission Ltd Impact Report 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS 04 Message from Chairman 09 List of Contributed Medical Missions 06 About Us 11 Explaining a Mission Our Vision Student Chapter Our Mission 12 About The Smile Mission Ltd 13 Asia Student Leadership Conference 07 Asia Presence 14 Hot Havana Night 08 Our Work 15 Smile Asia Week Medical Mission Outreach Centre 17 Financial Infographics Volunteering & Awareness Board of Directors Training & Education 18 Student Initiative 19 Statutory Disclosures Singapore Care The Smile Mission Ltd Impact Report 2018 | 3 MESSAGE FROM CHAIRMAN In the fiscal year 2018, The Smile Mission has made Japan 2016 Priyanka Yoshikawa as our International Brand great progress. Ambassador. The year 2018 also marked the fifth year of Smile This year we were able to provide comprehensive medical Asia Week, the with it being our most successful one yet. A big evaluation to 2,667 patients with 1,517 of them receiving thank you to The Ritz-Carlton for their continuous support. surgery. Together with the Smile Asia Alliance, we were able We are also happy and honoured to announce McCann Health to achieve our programmatic goals with greater ease. The Asia as our official creative partner, who played an integral role in the Student Leadership Conference 2017 was hosted at D’Resort launch of The Cleft Collection. Downtown East from 14-16 July 2017 and was attended by I thank our friends, donors and volunteers for their constant 80 participants, including 14 students representing seven other support and belief in us and we look forward to working Asian countries. together for many more years to come! We also organised a fundraising fiesta at the Sentosa island – Hot Havana Night – where we announced Miss World A/Prof (Dr) Vincent Yeow Chairman 4 | The Smile Mission Ltd Impact Report 2018 The Smile Mission Ltd Impact Report 2018 | 5 ABOUT US Smile Asia is a global alliance of independent Smile Asia has programmatic activities in Our Vision charities working together to treat facial Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Raise standards of medical care by creating deformities like cleft lip and cleft palate. We Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, opportunities of collaborative learning through aim to raise standards of medical care by creating Thailand, Timor-Leste and Uzbekistan. It also has the delivery of free surgery to children with opportunities of collaborative learning and resource-generating activities in Hong Kong, Japan, facial deformities. exchange of best practices. Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and United States. Our Mission We deliver free surgical care through medical ¡ Initiate platforms for medical volunteering missions and outreach centres. These initiatives build trust and bridge cultures among different ¡ Deliver free surgical care to children communities. Together with a raised level of ¡ Establish training & education programmes ¡ medical care, a groundwork is laid for self- Build an open-source knowledge depository sufficiency across many impoverished regions. ¡ Instil a sense of volunteerism in the community With activities across 20 countries and territories, Smile Asia member charities have collectively The Smile Mission Ltd delivered nearly 70,000 surgeries across Asia The Smile Mission Ltd is the International till date. Secretariat of Smile Asia. It is a Singapore- registered charity and adheres to local regulatory requirements. It aims to instil a sense of volunteerism among Singapore residents, and create overseas volunteering opportunities. The affiliation to Smile Asia helps The Smile Mission Ltd to further its own objectives with greater ease. 6 | The Smile Mission Ltd Impact Report 2018 ASIA PRESENCE MONGOLIA Evaluations 166 Surgeries 127 UZBEKISTAN Evaluations Evaluations 798 CHINA 471 Evaluations Surgeries Surgeries 392 7,075 208 Surgeries 4,060 BHUTAN Evaluations 45 Surgeries BANGLADESH MYANMAR 40 INDIA Evaluations Evaluations Evaluations 555 1,299 3,289 Surgeries Surgeries Surgeries 367 897 LAOS 1,928 PHILIPPINES Evaluations THAILAND 499 Evaluations 221 CAMBODIA Surgeries Evaluations 393 Surgeries 1,935 116 Surgeries 1,163 TIMOR-LESTE Evaluations INDONESIA Evaluations 39 671 Surgeries Surgeries 29 473 The numbers denote only the surgeries where there were contributions from The Smile Mission Ltd The Smile Mission Ltd Impact Report 2018 | 7 OUR WORK All our programmes aim to provide educational and co-learning opportunities for healthcare professionals. They also build trust and bridge cultures among different communities. Our objectives are achieved through the following programmes. Medical Mission Volunteering & Awareness Student Initiative Deliver surgical care and provide knowledge- Instil a sense of volunteerism among healthcare Encourage volunteerism and provide sharing platforms by organising medical missions and allied professionals by encouraging them to leadership development opportunities to the involving multi-country participants. join medical missions. student community. Outreach Centre Training & Education Singapore Care Deliver surgical care and provide knowledge- Organise specialised training and education Post-operative care for Singapore-based sharing platforms by extensive use of local programmes for healthcare and allied children, inclusive of research and infrastructure infrastructure and proficiencies. professionals. development. 8 | The Smile Mission Ltd Impact Report 2018 LIST OF CONTRIBUTED* MEDICAL MISSIONS COUNTRY SITE DATES HOSPITAL EVALUATIONS SURGERIES China Kashgar 16 Jul 17 - 22 Jul 17 Kashgar No. 1 People’s Hospital 95 68 China Ziyang 02 Aug 17 - 10 Aug 17 Ziyang People’s Hospital 238 96 Cambodia Siem Reap 11 Aug 17 - 18 Aug 17 Siem Reap Provincial Hospital 50 41 China Qamdo 23 Aug 17 - 31 Aug 17 Qamdo People’s Hospital 160 103 India Kolkata 25 Aug 17 - 31 Aug 17 Flemming Hospital 98 55 China Kangding 05 Sep 17 - 13 Sep 17 Garze People’s Hospital 105 75 China Zunyi 20 Sep 17 - 28 Sep 17 Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College 146 79 Myanmar Yangon 11 Oct 17 - 18 Oct 17 Yangon General Hospital 117 88 Cambodia Phnom Penh 15 Oct 17 - 21 Oct 17 Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital 52 33 China Fengkai 26 Oct 17 - 03 Nov 17 Fengkai Tang Guo Hua TCM Hospital 167 97 India Goa 11 Nov 17 - 18 Nov 17 Manipal Hospital, Goa 69 50 Bhutan Paro 12 Nov 17 - 20 Nov 17 Paro Hospital 39 24 India Jaipur 15 Dec 17 - 22 Dec 17 Manipal Hospital 74 41 Cambodia Siem Reap 07 Jan 18 - 12 Jan 18 Siem Reap Provincial Hospital 75 55 India Vadodara 20 Jan 18 - 26 Jan 18 Isha Hospital 181 71 Indonesia Batam 22 Jan 18 - 29 Jan 18 Rumah Sakit Awal Bros 73 39 India Puducherry 24 Feb 18 - 03 Mar 18 New Medical Centre 84 53 Cambodia Phnom Penh 05 Mar 18 - 08 Mar 18 Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital 43 28 Myanmar Taunggyi 24 Mar 18 - 31 Mar 18 Women’s and Children’s Hospital 102 81 China Zhengzhou 19 Apr 18 - 25 Apr 18 Zhengzhou No.1 People’s Hospital 181 74 Cambodia Phnom Penh 06 May 18 - 10 May 18 Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital 83 37 China Bijie 10 May 18 - 16 May 18 Bijie No. 1 People’s Hospital 197 102 India Guwahati 19 May 18 - 26 May 18 Guwahati Comprehensive Cleft Care Centre 181 100 China Changsha 07 Jun 18 - 12 Jun 18 No. 163 Military Hospital 57 27 TOTAL 2,667 1,517 These contributed missions ensured co-learning opportunities for 123 medical volunteers. *Contributions in terms of resources expended varies considerably. Some projects have major contributions by other member charities. The Smile Mission Ltd Impact Report 2018 | 9 10 | The Smile Mission Ltd Impact Report 2018 EXPLAINING A MISSION On a typical surgical mission, a team of 35 credentialed medical professionals (nurses, surgeons, anaesthetists, paediatricians, dentists, speech pathologists and others) from around the world travel to a partner country to treat children in a period of 7 days. Over 80 lives are transformed through safe and effective surgery. 1 3 5 7 Evaluation Physical Examination Pre-Operative Care Post-Operative Care Patient waits for his Patient is examined by nurses, A Child Life Specialist A team provides patient’s turn to begin the surgeons, anaesthetists, prepares patient for what parents instructions for physical examination. paediatricians, dentists, etc. will happen during surgery. follow-up care. Medical Records Surgery Schedule Surgery Follow-Up Patient details are taken Medical team leaders A simple cleft lip Patient’s beautiful for electronic and paper confirm patient’s surgery can take as new smile is evaluated medical charts. placement on a schedule. little as 45 minutes. by the team. 2 4 6 8 The Smile Mission Ltd Impact Report 2018 | 11 STUDENT CHAPTER National Executive Committee (NEC) Sandra Wong Aaron Siah Cedric Tay President Vice President Treasurer Sandra was from Aaron was from Cedric was from Raffles Republic Polytechnic Anglo Chinese School Institution where he where she served as the (Independent) where he served in the executive President of the Smile served as the President of committee of the Smile Asia Student Chapter. the Smile Asia Student Asia Student Chapter. She is currently working Chapter. He is currently He is currently serving as an Allied Educator serving National Service National Service with the with the Ministry of in the 21st Singapore 1st Commando Battalion Education. Artillery Battalion. in Singapore. Jolene Ong Seet Shi Ming Secretary Publicity Manager Jolene was from Shi Ming was from Anglo Chinese School Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) where (Independent) where she served as the Vice- she served as the Vice- President of the Smile President of the Smile Asia Student Chapter. Asia Student Chapter. She is currently pursuing She is currently studying Medicine at Monash Dentistry in the University University. of Dundee. 12 | The Smile Mission Ltd Impact Report 2018 ASIA STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE This year, our Asia Student Leadership Pacific, Cecilia Chia, Youth Mentor from The Conference (ASLC) was themed Smile: In Hidden Good, Muhammad Afzal and youth Progress.