ABMSS is a pan India organisation, set up in the year 1993 in Bangalore to promote the social causes of child and people welfare. Over the years the organisation has morphed from a catalyst, supporter, promoter and sponsor for so many causes.  Since 2013, the organization went on to add the cleft lip and palate treatment as one of its major programmes. It started with just two projects in Coorg and Mysore and has now grown into a pan India presence. Apart from the cleft lip and palate, the organisation also supports awareness work in rural areas; education of doctors and medical personnel involved in supporting the charitable cause; speech and my-functional therapy; supplementing with vitamin and minerals to pregnant people and malnourished children.

ABMSS is a non-profit organisation in India registered under Karnataka Societies Act, 1960 with Reg.No:495/93-94 and Government of India, NITI Ayog, with ID: KA/2017/0163612. The Society has valid 12A, 80G and FCRA registrations.

• ABMSS provides, comprehensive cleft care, which comprises of surgery, orthodontic treatment, ENT, speech therapy and functional therapy.
• These surgeries are costly when conducted in private hospitals. Single Intervention of Cleft Surgery costs more than Rs.1,00,000/- in normal conditions, without comprehensive care. With Cleft India Project, it is minimized to Rs.19,500/- per surgery with comprehensive care.
• 70% of cleft patients have both cleft lip and cleft palate [CLP]: A large number of CLP patients now depend on ABMSS for secondary surgery as hardly any other organizations offer comprehensive cleft care though there are a number of mission based organizations which just offer a single surgery and not the complete circle of cleft care.
• Cleft lip and palate is the most common congenital facial deformity in the in the world: It is less known fact that every year about 35,000 children are born with a cleft lip and/or palate.
• In India there are more than 10 lakhs untreated cleft patients: Children with the untreated cleft face severe health problems [drinking, eating, speaking and hearing], suffering from social exclusion and sadly one out of ten of these children hardly get to see their first birthday. 
• There are many causes of cleft lip and/or palate. Problems with genes passed down from one or both parents, drugs, viruses, or other toxins can all cause these birth defects. Cleft lip and palate may occur along with other syndromes or birth defects.
• Cleft children have difficulties to ingest mother’s milk. Consequences are malnutrion and even death. Often the mother and child are neglected, even by their family members.

Some of the major barriers the families and children face with Cleft Lip or Palate are:

1. Access to quality healthcare
2. Unavailability of treatment at public health institutions
3. Absence of services within their reach
4. Poor treatment seeking behaviour

ABMSS is helping to address these issues amongst rural population sensitively and provides customized care to the most important health needs of these less fortunate children born with cleft lip and palate conditions

Comprehensive Cleft Care:

Cleft cannot be prevented. Surgery is the only cure. ABMSS provides, comprehensive Cleft Care, which comprises of:

1. Surgery
2. Orthodontic treatment
3. ENT
4. Speech therapy and functional therapy

ABMSS is the only organisation which provides high quality surgery and after care services to cleft affected children  absolutely free, till the treatment is complete.