Comprehensive Care Transforming Smiles, Lives, and Futures
We provide comprehensive multidisciplinary care for patients with cleft lip and palate and their families through specialized and human-centered services.
We contribute to ensuring that children and adolescents born with cleft lip and palate in Mexico can achieve a full, dignified life and social inclusion through a comprehensive, interdisciplinary model that promotes their human rights.
In Mexico, thousands of children born with cleft lip and palate face barriers to accessing specialized treatment, affecting their health, nutrition, speech development, emotional well-being, and social inclusion. Centro SUMA provides comprehensive and multidisciplinary care to patients and their families through safe surgeries, dental care, nutrition and breastfeeding support, speech therapy and early stimulation, as well as emotional support and family guidance. Our intervention model accompanies each patient from early childhood through social integration, strengthening their physical and emotional well-being while creating new opportunities for life. Every donation helps transform smiles, restore confidence, and build brighter futures for children and adolescents living in vulnerable conditions. Join us in transforming lives.
• More than 1,000 children and adolescents with successful surgeries • More than 500 children and adolescents served annually • More than 15,000 comprehensive services provided • 5 successful operating programs • 12 years transforming lives and building futures
Centro SUMA primarily serves children and adolescents with cleft lip and palate living in conditions of economic and social vulnerability in Mexico. Our direct beneficiaries require specialized medical care and continuous multidisciplinary follow-up to improve their health, nutrition, speech development, emotional well-being, and social inclusion. We also provide guidance and support to parents and caregivers, strengthening family capacities throughout the comprehensive treatment process. The organization serves families from Mexico City, Estado de México, Puebla, Hidalgo, Morelos, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Guerrero, and other regions of the country with limited access to specialized healthcare services.
