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Smiles of India
During the years 2008-10, Science Fair specialist and educator, Leslie
Moses Moe traveled to India accompanying and leading her educational
objectives mission team. The purpose was to assist the Christian school
located in the village of Mori Podu, located in the Andhra Pradash region
of India near the Godavari River undr the Blue Mountains flowing to the
Bay of Bengal.
This region requested assistance in initiating the process of Science Fair
education for the more than 450 children, many of which were orphans,
who were being housed and educated by the Riverside Mission School
originally started by a wonderful visionary, Subamma. (see story)
In addition to sucessfully intiating the areas first Science Fair,Leslie was
shown the Subamma Hospital facility which had fallen into disrepair due
to reluctance of doctors and clinicians to treat the people of the area's
population known to be predominantly of the caste formerly known as
the "Untouchable Caste", or now called the Dhalit.
Leslie brought the children's plight of having a scarcity of medical/dental
care and mentioned that the Smiles International Foundation would be able
to help to the grandson of Subamma now in charge of the mission school
and hospital village, Professor Solomon Darwin. Dr. Darwin's teaching and
consultation profession is based at the University of Calif.at Berkeley, and
following a site visit by Dr. and Mrs. Moses to Mori Podu for facial
deformities-afflicted patient screening and examination-treatment plan
preparations, facility and equipment needs-assessments, an agreement
was cemented between the two groups,Project India, and Smiles
International Foundation.
Rotarian Dr.Sanjay, Prof.Dr.J.Moses, Mrs.Maribel Moses, Dr.Arun Noah
first meeting on-site screening and evaluation mission December 2009
Additional concern for clean water for the children of the village securing
their health against water borne diseases such as dysentery, typhoid, and
the like was important to Dr. Moses upon seeing the exposure to the
contaminated shallow well waters taken from the Gadavari River Delta
and the Psunami effects on the Delta Water Systems.
Therefore, SIF has taken steps to begin the intallation of a water purification
system most likely to be obtained through the excellent engineering philanthropy,
Water Missions International.
December 2010 (Click Link below)
Smiles of India Mission2010 Slideshow
Video Clip:
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