Clefts Are Not Just Cosmetic.
They Can Be Life-Threatening.
Without treatment, children with clefts may struggle to breathe properly, often become severely malnourished due to trouble eating, and many face long-term psychological trauma as a result of relentless bullying.
A baby with a cleft is born every 3 minutes.
But there is a way to help them.
As the world's largest cleft charity, Smile Train has supported safe and quality cleft care for 2+ million children – more than every other charity combined. And we won’t stop until every child in need with a cleft has access to the care they deserve.
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Meet Ayubu, from Kenya. His classmates harassed him for years because of a local myth about clefts. Finally, when he was 10, a family friend told his mother free help was available from Smile Train. She was skeptical, but took a chance. Now, Ayubu’s smile lights up every room he enters and his classmates know the truth about clefts. They have since become his friends.
We Keep Operating Costs Low to Transform More Lives
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"We donate to Smile Train because we know from personal experience how the surgery changes a child's life! We also know that the money we give goes to the surgeries for the children, and administrative costs are kept as low as possible so that our donations can go mostly to the children who need this life-changing surgery.” - Brett & Laurie Stoller
