Aishwarya Rai gets a cleft smile for charity
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan hailed by many as the most beautiful woman in the world, has today been announced as the first goodwill ambassador for Smile Train, the world's largest cleft charity.
Recognised as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, Aishwarya will now be adding one more role to her illustrious career.
She will partner with Smile Train, in association with her own charity, the Aishwarya Rai Foundation, in numerous ways to spread awareness and garner recourses to help the worldwide movement.
Using her superstar status, her high wattage personality and global reach, Aishwarya will work with Smile Train to achieve an ambitious new goal in helping change the lives of over one million children worldwide who suffer from shame and isolation because of cleft lip and cleft palate.
As Goodwill Ambassador, Aishwarya will actively work to help Smile Train to provide free cleft surgery to children in 76 developing countries around the world, including India. This initiative will help raise awareness in India and around the world to the plight of children born with cleft.
