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Love Without Reason Celebrates, Thursday, August 22, 1000 Surgeries!
August 21, 2024 – Chattanooga, Tennessee – Love Without Reason celebrates crossing the 1000th free cleft surgery mark! A reception open to the public will take place at the Oak Coffee House, located at 2916 Silverdale Road in Chattanooga beginning at 5:30 PM, tomorrow, Thursday, August 22, 2024. Co-founders Santhosh and Susan Mathews will welcome donors, and friends of the ministry, and have a short presentation on their journey to providing 1000 smiles!
“It is our mission to carry out our son Philip’s dream to work ‘Until the World is Cleft Free!’ and ‘no one is sold’.” Our needs to continue to be craniofacial surgeries and Human Trafficking Awareness Ministry here in the United States, in India, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and allow us to expand into Tanzania,” states Chief Executive Officer and President of Love Without Reason, Santhosh Mathews. “Below are some of the numbers to show the work of the past seventeen years.
Highlights:
- Over 1000 free cleft and craniofacial surgeries provided in four countries and counting.
- Over 200,000 people were educated on the link between human trafficking and facial differences in three continents.
- Over 300 women and children rescued from sex trafficking.
- Over 1000 Set Fee Pads distributed for free to women in vulnerable circumstances in four countries.
- 6000 women in red-light areas are reached with the message of hope.
About Love Without Reason Founded in 2007 by Santhosh and Susan Mathews in Chattanooga,Tennessee. Love Without Reason is a nonprofit organization serving in the United States and six countries transforming the faces of those born with cleft and craniofacial differences and transforming the hearts of those rescued from human trafficking. The late Philip Mathews’ dream was to work “Until the World is Cleft Free and Until there are No More Sold.” The Mathews are committed to seeing Philip’s Dream fulfilled.
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- 2. News article about the camp in Garissa
- 3. Conditions in Kenya impact Chattanooga nonprofit's mission May 2, 2024
- 4. Love Without Reason marks 16 years of offering free craniofacial surgeries December 13, 2023
- 5. 5KRUN4LOVE September 5, 2023
- 6. Eye on health with Latrice Curry, WRCBTV news channel3 December 2, 2021
- 7. Love Without Reason announces the appointment of Christy Mathew as the chairwoman of the board June 2020
- 8. Chattanooga Times Free Press article May 27, 2017
- 9. WDEF News Channel 12 May 29, 2017
- 10. Love Without Reason Celebrates, Thursday, August 22, 1000 Surgeries!
- 11. 3 Plus Your Community- Love Without Reason
- 12. Love Without Reason hosts tenth annual 'Run4Love' 5k, 10k, and Big Wheel Race
- 13. Chattanooga nonprofit celebrates 1000 surgeries for cleft lip, awarded day of recognition
- 14. WUTC interview with Mr. Richard Winham
- 15. WDEF news channel 12, shine fashion show