SanDisk and Smile Train Team Up to Bring the Power of a Smile to Children in Need
January 28 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
SanDisk Partnership Strengthens Smile Train’s
Global Network with Expanded Access to Training and Materials in
Connected and Remote Communities
Smile Train, the world’s largest cleft charity and SanDisk
Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), a global leader in flash storage
solutions, today announced that they have partnered to continue
building a sustainable system to address the solvable problem of
the cleft lip and palate. Through the SanDisk Foundation, SanDisk’s
global commitment is helping to bring life-changing cleft care to
children in developing countries by committing support through
technology solutions, services, volunteer matching gifts, and grant
funds.
“Technology innovations are opening new doors for healthcare
access. Partnering with technology leader SanDisk will be
instrumental in helping to expand the work that Smile Train has
done since 1999, leveraging new technologies to help train local
medical professionals so that they are empowered to provide surgery
and related treatment to even more children living with unrepaired
clefts,” said Susannah Schaefer, CEO, Smile Train. “We are so proud
to have a partner that is as committed to leveraging technology for
humanitarian good as SanDisk. Working with partners like SanDisk,
we look forward to bringing the power of a smile to millions more
children around the world.”
“Knowledge is key for medical professionals in the field, and we
are excited to see our technologies in action, working with Smile
Train to extend their robust network and provide educational reach
regardless of location, availability of electricity or Internet
access,” said Gisela Bushey, director, SanDisk Foundation and
community relations, SanDisk. “As we see every day, technology can
have a transformative impact on people’s lives, and we are proud to
partner with Smile Train to support efforts to help children in
need; we look forward to supporting their great work in the years
to come.”
Each day, Smile Train provides free surgery for more than 350
children worldwide, and in April 2014, celebrated its millionth
free cleft repair surgery. Smile Train uses the “teach a man to
fish” model, empowering local doctors to perform cleft repairs in
their own communities, and to teach and to train other doctors.
This creates a long-term, sustainable system. The SanDisk and Smile
Train partnership will strengthen this model by facilitating
information sharing across a global network of cleft medical
personnel who work and train in remote parts of the world, and by
providing resources that these professionals might have barriers to
accessing on their own. The partnership will help expand access to
medical training videos, photos, and documents that in turn will
extend the medical teams’ reach, bringing the power of a smile to
even more children in need.
Using SanDisk Connect™ devices, Smile Train and local doctors
can wirelessly store and share materials across multiple devices,
even in areas where Wi-Fi is not available. This allows them to
extend their network of medical professionals, helping to train
even more personnel and strengthen the cleft care programs.
About Smile Train
Smile Train is an international children’s charity with a
sustainable approach to a single, solvable problem: cleft lip and
palate. Millions of children in developing countries with
unrepaired clefts live in shame, but more importantly, have
difficulty eating, breathing and speaking. Cleft repair surgery is
simple, and the transformation is immediate. Smile Train’s
sustainable model provides training and funding to empower local
doctors in 85+ developing countries to provide 100%-free cleft
repair surgery in their own communities. To learn more about how
Smile Train’s sustainable approach means donations have both an
immediate and long-term impact, please visit smiletrain.org
About the SanDisk Foundation
SanDisk’s mission as a philanthropic company is to support
programs and organizations that address the needs of communities
where our company has a significant presence. SanDisk strives to be
an exemplary corporate citizen within the global
community. The SanDisk Foundation, a corporate advised fund of
Silicon Valley Community Foundation, helps carry out this vision by
making donations to non-profit organizations and community groups
within our key focus areas: K-12 education, promoting STEM-focused
programs, and children’s health and well-being. Since 2003, the
SanDisk Foundation has awarded more than $25 million to over 1,000
charitable organizations worldwide.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a Fortune 500 and S&P
500 company, is a global leader in flash storage solutions. For
more than 25 years, SanDisk has expanded the possibilities of
storage, providing trusted and innovative products that have
transformed the electronics industry. Today, SanDisk’s quality,
state-of-the-art solutions are at the heart of many of the world's
largest data centers, and embedded in advanced smartphones, tablets
and PCs. SanDisk’s consumer products are available at hundreds of
thousands of retail stores worldwide. For more information, visit
www.sandisk.com.
© 2015 SanDisk Corporation. All rights reserved. SanDisk is a
trademark of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States
and other countries. SanDisk Connect is a trademark of SanDisk
Corporation.
Smile TrainShari Mason, 212-689-9316Senior Director, Integrated
Marketingsmason@smiletrain.orgorSanDisk CorporationLaura Bakken,
408-801-7653Laura.Bakken@sandisk.com
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