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    • Afghanistan: Kabul
    • Inner Mongolia/Shanxi
    • Haiti: Cite Soleil
    • Iraq: Baghdad
    • China: Guangdong
    • Iraq: Nasiriyah
    • Somalia: Dadaab
    • India: Calcutta
    • Uganda: Kumi
    • Bangladesh: Dhaka
    • Vietnam: Bac Thai
    • Tanzania: Dar Es Salam
    • Gaza: Gaza City
    • India: Varanasi
    • India: Bihar
    • Nepal: Katmandu
    • India: Vivekananda
    • Rwanda: Kigali
    • India: Delhi
    • Afghanistan: Kandahar
    • India: Chitrakoot
    • Ethiopia: Addis Ababa
    • India: Ranchi
    • Togo: Lome
    • India: Dharavi
    • Bangladesh: Jibon Tari
    • India: Lucknow
    • The Philippines: Smokey Mountain
    • India: Benares
    • New York: Manhattan
    • India: Kolkata
    • India: Meerut
    • India: Pahartoli
    • China: Beijing
    • China: Jinzhong
    • India: Matura
    • India: Ganges
    • India: Korauta
    • India: Mahmoorganj
    • India: Aghori
    • India: New Delhi
    • India: Varanasi9
    • India: Jharkhand
  • photos
    • Afghanistan: Kabul photos
    • Inner Mongolia/Shanxi photos
    • Haiti: Cite Soleil photos
    • Somalia: Dadaab photos
    • India: Calcutta photos
    • Uganda: Kumi photos
    • Bangladesh: Dhaka photos
    • Vietnam: Bac Thai photos
    • Tanzania: Dar Es Salam photos
    • Gaza: Gaza City photos
    • India: Varanasi photos
    • India: Bihar photos
    • Nepal: Katmandu photos
    • Rwanda: Kigali photos
    • India: Delhi photos
    • India: Chitrakoot photos
    • Ethiopia: Addis Ababa photos
    • India: Ranchi photos
    • Togo: Lome photos
    • India: Dharavi photos
    • Bangladesh: Jibon Tari photos
    • India: Lucknow photos
    • The Philippines: Smokey Mountain photos
    • India: Benares photos
    • India: Kolkata photos
    • India: Meerut photos
    • India: Parhartoli photos
    • China: Beijing photos
    • China: Jinzhong photos
    • India: New Delhi Photos
    • India: Matura photos
    • India: Ganges photos
    • India: Korauta photos
    • India: Mahmoorganj photos
    • India: Aghori photos
    • India: Varanasi9 photos
    • India: Jharkhand photos
  • videos
    • Smile Pinki (Oscar winner)
    • Walter Cronkite (Smile Train)
    • 1st Sight (20 million views)
    • Everybody Needs To Smile (Op Smile)
    • Second Chance at Life (WonderWork)
    • burned girl (BurnRescue)
    • First Step
    • the boy who was blind (20/20/20)
    • What About Now? (Smile Train)
    • Somalia: Dadaab Video
    • Chris Meloni comes to Haiti.
    • Afghanistan Trip Video
  • Blog
  • My Heroes
    • Mother Teresa
    • Walter Haefner
    • Martin and Marianne Haefner
    • President George H.W. Bush
    • The Dalai Lama
    • Bill Gates
    • Mayor Mike Bloomberg
    • Dr. Subodh Singh
    • Laura and John Arnold
    • Dr. Joseph G. McCarthy
    • Dr. Hirji Adenwalla
    • Mritunjay Kumar Tiwary
    • Wang Li
    • Joe Cartolano
    • Bill and Nancy Thompson
    • Michele and Chad Denlinger
    • David Gelbaum
    • Yan Mingfu
    • Delois Greenwood
    • Karen Lazarus
    • Michele Sinesky
    • Hana Fuchs
    • mark atkinson
    • Emily Tabor
    • Mike Schell
    • dr. keith rose
    • alan parker
    • georgie exarchakis
    • brent stirton
    • bill conway
    • Mrs. Liu
    • clark kokich and lisa strain
    • joe and rosemary mullaney
    • chuck feeney
    • The Fan family
    • Nick Kristof
    • Priya’s Dad
    • Maurice “Hank” Greenberg
    • dr. Paul Lim
    • Dick and Pat Warren
    • Andrew Hodges
    • Dr. Asrat Mengiste
    • big jim ed
    • Dr. Fabio Abenavoli
    • Dr. Sam Noordhof
    • Maura
    • Tom Flood
    • Dr. Dan
    • Dr. Fayez
    • Satish Kalra
    • JJ Coneys
    • Pinki
    • Lieutenant Charles Duggan
    • Dr. Dan
    • Tiffany Carson
    • Vera Eastman
    • Janet Huang
    • Ujjal Bhattacharya
    • donors and supporters
    • Surgeons, Doctors, Medical Professionals and Partners
  • my supporters
    • President George H.W. Bush
    • Warren Buffet
    • Walter Cronkite
    • Professor Steve Levitt
    • Bryan Cranston
    • Alex Trebek
    • Tamsen Ann Ziff
    • Bette Midler
    • Chris Meloni
    • General Colin Powell
    • Christie Brinkley
    • Sir Ben Kingsley
    • Candice Bergen
    • Nora O’Donnell
    • Hilary Swank
    • Jane Kaczmarek
    • Tom Brokaw
    • Nick Kristof
    • Robin Williams
    • Mariska Hargitay
    • Senator John McCain
    • Howie Mandell
    • paul newman
    • Carly Simon
    • Lilly Tomlin
    • Rusty Wallace
    • Reba McEntire
    • Bob Costas
    • Rebecca Herbst
    • Clive Davis
    • Kyle Chandler
    • Diane Sawyer
    • Helena Bonham Carter
    • Aishwarya Rai Bachan
    • Dr. Andrew Ordon
    • Senator Bill Bradley
    • Senator John Glenn
    • Ernie Els
    • Davis Love, III
    • Ronan Tynan
    • Bijan Amini
    • Tamsen Ann Ziff
    • Dr. Ashish Sabharwal
    • Dr. Subodh Singh
    • Richard Price
    • Sally Blinken
    • Clark Kokich
    • Joseph Vogel
    • Emmett Lyne
    • Pamela Mann
    • John Mannix
    • George McLaughlin
    • Steve Rappaport
    • Satish Kalra
    • Mritunjay Tiwary
  • Charities
    • Smile Train
      • The Smile Train
      • Smile Train
      • birth of smile train
    • WonderWork
    • 20/20/20
    • FirstStep
    • BurnRescue
    • Operation Smile
    • Operation Smile New York
    • new roads catholic community
    • harlem children’s zone
    • andrew glover foundation
    • church of our saviour
    • suicide prevention center of LA
    • perkins school for the blind
    • international center for the disabled
  • How we won an Oscar
  • About
    • bio
    • my donations
    • Close calls…
    • my book
      • Before. And After.
      • About the cover photo
      • Dedication
      • Introduction: Tanzania, June 2015
      • Chapter 1: Rosa
      • Chapter 2: Maura
      • Chapter 3: Mom
      • Chapter 4: Mother Teresa
      • Chapter 5: Beautiful Cloud
      • Chapter 6: Soccer Boy
      • Chapter 7: Cricket
      • Chapter 8: Maura 2.0
      • Chapter 9: Dr. Hirji Adenwalla
      • Chapter 10: Georgie
      • Chapter 11: Mom Again
      • Chapter 12: Bartholomew
      • Chapter 13: The Chuanui Family
      • Chapter 14: Pinki
      • Chapter 15: Asrat
      • Chapter 16: Dr. Paul Lim
      • Chapter 17: Cricket Again
      • Chapter 18: Juliette
      • Chapter 19: Jean and Vestine Nirere
      • Chapter 20: Dr. Subodh Singh
      • Epilogue: Maura Again
      • Acknowledgements
    • miscellaneous
      • summary
      • Who was Charles Wang?
      • Smile Train’s surplus of unused donations almost $500 million.
      • Wang’s Takeover
      • Wang’s secret merger
      • bad decisions
      • Smile Train payments to china soar
      • Smile Train’s Valentine’s Day massacre
      • social media attacks
      • a decade of baseless lawsuits and litigation
      • phony investigations
      • Wang’s lawyers paid $25+ million.
      • Wang’s wrath
      • 10 years of lawsuits
        • Smile Train vs. Mullaney & WonderWork
        • Smile Train vs. Ferris Consulting
        • Smile Train vs Emily Tabor
        • Smile Train UK vs Mullaney
        • Smile Train vs. Greenwood
        • Smile Train vs BenBella
        • HelpMeSee vs WonderWork
        • The Examiner’s Report
        • HelpMeSee vs Carter Ledgard Milburn
        • WonderWork vs Mullaney
        • WonderWork vs Fuchs
        • WonderWork vs WonderWork directors
        • WonderWork vs KPMG
        • WonderWork Trustee vs Mullaney, Fuchs, Coneys, Rappaport, Atkinson, Kokich, Price, Levitt, Dysart
    • Legal opinions
      • Sally Blinken, Esq.
      • Bijan Amini, Esq.
      • Joseph Vogel, Esq.
      • Pamela Mann, Esq.
      • George McLaughlin, Esq.
      • Steve Rappaport, Esq.
      • Emmett Lyne, Esq.
      • WonderWork lawyers respond
  • Press
    • New York Times: Bottom-line philanthropy.
    • TIME Magazine
    • The Daily News
    • The Daily News
    • Freakonomics blog
    • Harvard Magazine
    • The Asia Society: How technology fuels philanthropy
    • New York Times: Nicolas Kristof
    • New York Times: Missions Abroad That Bring A Smile
    • Advertising Age: Good Works
    • Irish America
    • Voice Of America
    • How To Save Humanity
    • Herald Review
    • Chronicle of Philanthropy
    • Chicago Business: Working hard for the money
    • The New York Daily News: Smile Pinki
    • The Sun Sentinel: Sean Denlinger
    • Business Inside: 7 ways to become more successful.
    • Philanthropy Roundtable
    • The New York Times: Schell/Mullaney
    • New York Times: Smile Train Operation Smile Merger Over
    • New York Times: Smile Train Operation Smile Merger Divides A Board
    • New York Times: Computer Associates Litigation Report
    • The Los Angeles Times: Smile Pinki
    • Entrepreneur: Run a charity like a business.
    • Success Magazine
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