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Beverly Hills, CA–March 22, 2012–Director Keith Gilabert of Renovatio Group announced today a new initiative to fund children’s surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates. Funded by the Keith Gilabert Foundation, the project is a long term initiative which will track and offer additional support to children.

Operation Smile.org saves a child from a lifetime of pain, shame and isolation. You can give them a chance to go to school, make friends and have a bright future.

“This project will allow us to bring together our foundation’s goals to help children and to focus and amplify our efforts to improve the lives of those less fortunate,” stated Director Keith Gilabert

About Renovatio Group,

Renovatio Group is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. By focusing international attention where human rights are violated, we give voice to the oppressed and hold oppressors accountable for their crimes. Our rigorous, objective investigations and strategic, targeted advocacy build intense pressure for action and raise the cost of human rights abuse. For more than 10 years, our Director Keith Gilabert has worked tenaciously to lay the legal and moral groundwork for change and has fought to bring greater justice and security to people around the world.