Abandoned children are the most helpless and most frequent victims of violence, disease, malnutrition and death. Without the support from their families, these children are exposed to the frightening dangers of abduction and sexual exploitation.

Many of these orphans have been traumatized by witnessing the ruthless murder of their parents or by helplessly watching them die of AIDS or starvation. Alone, with no one to raise them, abandoned children must resort to eating any scraps available and wandering the streets. Emotionally and physically scarred, the future for these orphans is a bleak reminder of lost hope.

Abandoned Children's Fund has not forgotten these helpless children and orphans. The fund devotes our time and effort to building schools, medical clinics, feeding programs and children's homes that have become sanctuaries of love, laughter and hope rather than despair.

At Operation Smile we believe every child suffering from cleft lip or cleft palate deserves exceptional surgical care.

Our medical volunteers span six continents and provide our patients with specialized care so they can live healthy and productive lives.

A child's cleft lip or cleft palate can be repaired for as little as $240 and in as few as 45 minutes, but your gift is more than a surgery. All of our supporters give renewed hope to children and families around the world.

We do our best to meet needs both physical and spiritual, as well as at the individual, family and community level.

We provide food, housing, emergency relief and much more to the poorest of the poor.

We feel a special calling, and are uniquely equipped, to serve the poor of the Caribbean and Latin America with your help.