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… Elizabeth Hurley Announced as Global Ambassador for Smile Train, the World’s Largest Cleft-Focused Organization Elizabeth Hurley Announced as Global Ambassador for Smile Train Raising awareness of clefts around the world Actress, model, and mother joins the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, Smile Train, as a Global Ambassador Elizabeth will help raise awareness of Smile Train and clefts around the world, with …
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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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… a prestigious medical fellowship for a cleft care provider from a low- and middle-income country $15,000 Can help buy a van for transporting cleft patients to essential care they may have otherwise missed for lack of transportation …
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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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… 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 … could not be happier to add to the advocacy capacity of Smile Train and look forward to the incredible impact we will have with Sarah at the helm.” The announcement comes on the first day of the Commission on the Status of Women, the UN’s …
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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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… 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 Star-Studded 20th Anniversary Gala, with Alexa Ray Joel, Kelly Rutherford, Dikembe …
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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 blush, Wayne doesn’t seem much different from any of the other kids … that crisscross his neighborhood. But there is something special about him, and he knows 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, … said before worrying too much. The cleft team at Harare Central confirmed what the nurses had told them: Thanks to Smile Train, Wayne would receive the surgery he needed completely free — if he reached a healthy weight. That was a big …
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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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… Smile Train Appoints New Global Medical Advisory Board Member from NYU Langone Smile Train Appoints New Global Medical Advisory Board Member from NYU Langone Dr. Roberto Flores partners with the world's largest cleft organization to enhance virtual surgery training offerings worldwide. NEW YORK - Smile Train , the world’s largest cleft organization, announced today the addition of Roberto L. Flores, MD , to its …
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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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… Neither Pandemic nor Panic Could Stop Adrielle from Getting His Smile Neither Pandemic nor Panic Could Stop Adrielle from Getting His Smile A mother in the Philippines speaks out Abigail lives with her family in Labo, a small city on Luzon, the Philippines’ most populous island. Her son, Adrielle, four, is a Smile Train patient. This is her family’s story in her own words. My husband and I met through a friend of a cousin. We …