Why donate to SMILE?
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You will help alleviate suffering and provide hope. Many rare childhood diseases are heartbreaking - degenerative, slowly eroding a child’s quality of life and reducing life expectancy.
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You will fill a proven gap. It is hard for researchers to get funding from government, industry and community sources due to the very rarity of the diseases – philanthropy is vital.
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You will help support an important knowledge industry for our country. Australia is a world leader in medical research in this sphere.
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You may help find the key to more common health issues. Researching rare diseases often gives insight into more common ones.
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Individually these conditions may be rare, but collectively they affect tens of thousands of children in Australia alone.
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No disease is rare when it affects someone you love.
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SMILE has minimum administrative costs because many of our overheads (such as office space, legal and auditing advice) is provided free of charge, so you know that your donation is going where it is needed most.
All donations over $2.00 are tax deductible.