Izod Philippines partners with the Philippine Band of Mercy’s mission

July 13, 2009

Izod Philippines partners with the Philippine Band of Mercy’s mission in bringing smiles to children with cleft lip & cleft palate deformities

The Philippine Band of Mercy (PBM) was founded in 1899 to provide aid, rehabilitation and most importantly, surgeries to children who were physically disfigured at birth, specifically those born with a cleft lip and/or palate. Over 4,000 Filipinos are born with this socially debilitating deformity every year. This means that 11 people each day are abandoned, disposed of, ostracized and neglected because of a birth defect that can be corrected.
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