Plasticos is derived from the Greek word meaning to mold, form or shape.

PLASTICOS FOUNDATION is a volunteer organization dedicated to correcting birth defects, congenital malformations and traumatic disfigurements of those at home and around the world unable to afford these services. The Foundation is nonprofit, nonpolitical, and nonreligious.

Frequently, children born so afflicted are feared, shunned, or ostracized by cultures that may interpret these maladies as God's punishment, the result of malevolent spirits, a curse, or the deserved result of karma. It is a common belief in many of these cultures that bad luck will befall those exposed to these children. Thus, afflicted members and their families living in poverty resign themselves to the pain and shame that accompany abnormalities.