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A Miracle to Believe In

… A Miracle to Believe In A Miracle to Believe In A cleft mother’s true story of faith, miracles, and Smile Train Akite, from Mbale in eastern Uganda, is the mother of Miracle, a six-year-old girl who was born with a cleft. … her family’s cleft journey and how they learned their child could receive the cleft care she so needed for free through Smile Train. I didn’t experience much sickness during my pregnancy. I got malaria once, but received the proper treatment … so I went asking around and just happened to meet someone who said he had heard over the radio about something called Smile Train that would give my child the treatment she needed right at Surgical Centre Smile Train Mbarara. So the very …
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Smile Train College Scholarship Program Winners

… this coming academic year volunteering in Ecuador, then will attend Wichita State University to major in nursing and Spanish. As a nurse, “I am interested in serving the non-English speaking community either in the United States or …
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Cleft Leadership Centers - Gantz

… Cleft Leadership Centers - Gantz Fundación Gantz Smile Train Cleft Leadership Center Pudahuel, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile At a Glance Founded in 1978 Smile Train partner since 2000 Our local … 2000, supporting essential cleft care for more than 4000 patients with clefts. Now, as a Smile Train Cleft Leadership Center, Smile Train will support Fundación Gantz to expand its historical leadership role throughout South America …
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Smile Train Named Winner at 8th Annual Shorty Impact Awards

… Smile Train Named Winner at 8th Annual Shorty Impact Awards Smile Train Named Winner at 8th Annual Shorty Impact Awards The awards honor the year's best digital and social media aiming to make … the world a better place New York, November 16, 2023 – Smile Train, the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, was named an 8th Annual Shorty Impact Awards Winner for our blog, Smile Train Stories , in the Micro-site/Blog category. The …
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Vicente is Stronger Than Fear

… Vicente is Stronger Than Fear Vicente is Stronger Than Fear A mother's love + Smile Train and GSK = one confident young man Paola felt her prayers were answered when she learned, after so many years … late — after 15 days of stress and struggling, her milk dried up. Desperate for help, she searched again and discovered Smile Train partner Fundación Gantz, two hours away in Santiago. She took Vicente and left that minute, without even … — in addition to multiple surgeries. Vicente loves receiving treatment from his friends at Fundación Gantz That's why Smile Train's model is designed to help children with clefts not just live, but thrive. At their first visit to Fundación …
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Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Mexico

… Cooks from the Heart of Mexico Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Mexico The legendary chef’s simple recipe for cooking up smiles from anywhere Few people know the power of food to bring people together better than Chef Lidia Bastianich. … disadvantaged children likewise live out their wildest dreams. It was this drive that led her to first start supporting Smile Train in 2008.  “I have children and I come from a small village in Italy. So I understand the pain that could be … charities.     Lidia scrubbing in to watch a cleft surgery Which is how she found herself in the operating room of a Smile Train partner hospital in Toluca, Mexico, in May watching as a three-month old boy received the cleft surgery that …
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How It’s Made: Simulare Medical Surgical Simulators

… How It’s Made: Simulare Medical Surgical Simulators How It’s Made: Simulare Medical Surgical Simulators How a division of Smile Train produces the world’s leading surgical cleft simulators In 2020, Smile Train acquired Simulare Medical , a leading manufacturer of astoundingly lifelike surgical simulators. On the … in 2022. This year, Dr. Podolsky and team will launch the first-ever Alveolar Bone Graft Simulator. And thanks to Smile Train's unparalleled reach and unique, sustainable model , these proven, top-of-the-line tools are being provided …
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Simulare Contact Us

… Simulare Contact Us Contact Us Request Information about Simulare Medical, a Division of Smile Train Simulare Home Unilateral Cleft Lip Simulator Cleft Palate Simulator Bilateral Cleft Simulator Alveolar Bone Graft Simulator Online Form - Simulare Contact We respect your privacy. Simulare Medical, a Division of Smile Train, will never divulge your information to a third party without your permission. Read our full Privacy Policy . … Request Information about Simulare Medical, a Division of Smile Train … Simulare Contact Us …
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Inside the First Cleft Nutrition Training in Central America

… Inside the First Cleft Nutrition Training in Central America Inside the First Cleft Nutrition Training in Central America Smile Train-SPOON Foundation curriculum gives babies with clefts the gift of a lifetime The moment a baby is born with a … require specialized feeding counseling and support to avoid becoming severely malnourished. A 2021 study commissioned by Smile Train found that, globally, more than 46,000 children under five died of cleft-related malnutrition between 2000 … delays or stunted growth because of malnutrition . The struggles are exponentially worse for babies with clefts. For Smile Train, these facts made another one crystal clear: We needed to get these babies the urgent nutritional support …
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Holiday Gift Guide (High Amounts)

… Holiday Gift Guide (High Amounts) Holiday Gift Guide Here's what you can do to make this winter a Season of Smiles. Holiday Gift Guide Options $1,000 Can help our partners travel to sharpen their skills at an … nurses so they can provide patients the world-class nursing care they deserve … Here's what you can do to make this winter a Season of Smiles. … Holiday Gift Guide (High Amounts) …
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Santi: “Dream Big; Don’t Stop”

… Santi: “Dream Big; Don’t Stop” Santi: “Dream Big; Don’t Stop” For adults with clefts, a smile also means fulfilling work with dignity. Not a day of school went by when Santi didn’t cry. He was born with a … His classmates bullied him without mercy. Looking back on it now, Santi remembers the tears, but in the same breath smiles and says, “But the best part was that I still made the honor roll every year.” Santi owes his fighting spirit to … one day he visited his dentist at the Philippine General Hospital and someone on staff told him an organization called Smile Train would sponsor the cost of the rest of the cleft care he needed. Santi received surgery and care from …
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Smile Train Brought Cleft Care Superheroes Together for Our Inaugural LIT Congress

… Smile Train Brought Cleft Care Superheroes Together for Our Inaugural LIT Congress Smile Train's Inaugural LIT Congress In Santiago, Chile, 200 medical partners from across Latin America united for a three-day cleft care confab To us, all Smile Train medical partners are part of one global family with one common language: smiles. This past June, we hosted …

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