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… 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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… the Mic After 15 Years, Pardcast-A-Thon Hangs Up the Mic Signing off from 135 hours of life-giving laughs and lifesaving smiles Ask any comedian and they’ll tell you: It’s hard work to make people smile. But when you get it right, it’s the best feeling in the world. Comedian Jimmy Pardo knows this well. He has … own.) Like most problems in life, this one was solved by Parade magazine. Specifically, an ad on the back cover for Smile Train: Jimmy had never seen a cleft before and was astounded at how easy it was to completely transform a child’s …
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… Kelvin Hopes to Bring Smiles All Throughout Ghana Kelvin Hopes to Bring Smiles All Throughout Ghana And he has the plan to make it happen Kelvin is a dentist in Ghana with big goals and the … going in and out of hospitals, studying medicine was a natural choice. I’m a dentist now, but my career won’t end here. Smile Train has opened so many doors for me. Even though I had completed my surgeries by the time I found them, they …
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… Smile Train Names Sarah Hamilton as its First Director of Global Advocacy and Public Policy Smile Train Names Sarah Hamilton as its First Director of Global Advocacy and Public Policy Announcement comes as the UN gathers for the 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women New York, NY (March 11, 2024) – Smile Train, the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, taps Sarah Hamilton as its first Director of Global Advocacy …
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… Smile Train Celebrates 20 Years of Impact and More than One Million Lives Changed Smile Train Celebrates 20 Years of Impact and More than One Million Lives Changed The World’s Largest Cleft Charity Hosts … Dikembe Mutombo, Rev Run, Kenyan Drake, Real Housewives of NYC’s Kristen Taekman and many others NEW YORK – Smile Train , the world's largest cleft charity, hosted their 20th Anniversary Gala on May 2nd at New York City's iconic …
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… The Sky’s the Limit for Wayne The Sky’s the Limit for Wayne With a smile like his, he can be anything he dreams At first … it. You can see it in his smile, if you know where to look. Or in the audacity with which he stands barefoot in the dirt road outside his home, looks up to the sky, and dares to dream big. Memory and Wayne in front of their house His mother, … put bad magic on you there. Just admit it. It was spring in Southern Africa. Memory’s house was tiny, crowded, and stifling. Yet, for weeks before Wayne’s surgery, she felt more comfortable there than outside squeezed between all the …
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… A Message of Hope from Afghanistan A Message of Hope from Afghanistan How our partners in Kabul are helping children smile through the unthinkable. More than 550,000 Afghanis displaced by conflict since the start of 2021. Crops unable to … give into despair. In the face of war, destruction, and the unknown, they journeyed across Kabul to bring their baby to Smile Train’s local partner, Be Team International Hospital. There, Dr. Hashimi was no less determined to give Mohammad … breathe, and thrive. "Mohammad" before cleft surgery. During a summer when all of Afghanistan seemed to be crumbling, Smile Train’s partners at Be Team International Hospital performed 64 life-changing cleft surgeries in July and 76 in …
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… NEW YORK - Smile Train , the world’s largest cleft organization, announced today the addition of Roberto L. Flores, MD , to its Global Medical Advisory Board. Dr. Flores, the Joseph G. McCarthy Associate Professor of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Director of Cleft Lip and Palate at NYU Langone Health, brings over 20 years of experience to the Global Medical Advisory …
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… Smile Train and BioDigital Shatter Barriers in Surgical Training Technology with Innovative, Accessible New App Smile Train and BioDigital Shatter Barriers in Surgical Training Technology with Innovative, Accessible New App The Smile Train Virtual Surgery Simulator mobile app and its offline capabilities are helping improve surgical outcomes in …
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… Venkataram: The Importance of Comprehensive Cleft Care It wasn’t until my trip to Mexico that I realized the impact Smile Train has — it was unbelievable. I was born with a cleft lip and palate in Los Angeles, California, which in my … to look for a global cleft organization to support. After some time researching, I was interested in learning more about Smile Train as the organization was supporting year-round, sustainable, comprehensive cleft treatment globally. Taking a blind shot, I sent a note to the organization’s general email address. Within a day, Smile Train’s Senior Director of Community Fundraising (and someone I now call my friend), Adina Lescher, personally …
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… Spotlights Challenges of Children with Clefts in Philippine Premiere “Every Day After” Premieres in The Philippines Smile Train-supported film aims to inspire meaningful conversations about clefts JANUARY 31, 2024, MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- … keeps watch over her little brother, who has finally started his road to recovery after a successful cleft surgery. Smile Train shared this inspiring film in its Philippine premiere at the Power Plant Mall Cinema. The world’s largest … the complexities of the healing process we don’t often see. More than showing health inequity around the world, the filmmakers wanted to show the real stories of cleft lip and palate patients, their families, and communities. More …
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… Smile Train Wins Prestigious PRNEWS Platinum Award for Non-Profit Communications Team of the Year Smile Train Wins Prestigious PRNEWS Platinum Award for Non-Profit Communications Team of the Year New York, N.Y., October 17, 2024 – The Communications Team at Smile Train , the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, was named “Non-Profit Communications Team of the Year” at …