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Qlik Corporate Partnership

… Qlik Corporate Partnership Qlik & Smile Train Qlik supports Smile Train through their corporate social responsibility program – Change our World. All Corporate Partners Qlik's In-Kind Donation to Smile Train With an in-kind donation of its Qlikview and QlikSense software and support services, Qlik has equipped Smile …
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Visiting Our Patients with Miss USA and Miss Peru

… Visiting Our Patients with Miss USA and Miss Peru Visiting Our Patients with Miss USA and Miss Peru A Smile Train staff member’s reflections on a week of seeing cleft patients’ dreams come true In January 2022, Sarah Ingle, Smile Train’s Manager of PR and Social Media, joined Miss USA, Elle Smith, and Miss Peru, Yely Rivera, on a visit to some … an hour. Then, when she got to see the patient afterwards, she was really, really moved by that. Elle Smith watching a Smile Train-sponsored cleft surgery Miss USA’s Director of Partnerships, Dohn Dye, was especially moved by how the …
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Kristiyana: How a Two-Hour Surgery Changed a Little Girl's Life

… Little Girl's Life Aug 17, 2022 Kristiyana: How a Two-Hour Surgery Changed a Little Girl's Life For Kristiyana’s family, Smile Train opened new opportunities for happier lives Coming from the same small town, Aleksandra and Krasimir have … afford the treatment Kristiyana needed. Thankfully, she was soon transferred to the Medical University of Plovdiv, a Smile Train partner. Kristiyana with Krasimir Life with Smile Train There, Aleksandra and Krasimir connected with Dr. Youri Anastassov and his team Dr. Anastassov explained …
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Endang Is a Force of Nature Powered by Love

… Endang Is a Force of Nature Powered by Love This woman will travel 15 hours through thick jungles just to make one child smile Though Endang Sasi’s title at Smile Train Indonesia partner Yayasan Ummi Romlah Foundation is “social worker,” “pathfinder” might be more accurate. Her … work, and she loves every second of it. Thankfully, her job recently got much easier thanks to an Awareness Grant from Smile Train partner GSK. Money and distance now no longer stand in the way of her finding children with clefts and …
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12 Days of Giving

… festive season let’s come together to create smiles for cleft families and spread joy! From December 3rd to December 14th, Smile Train is hosting an exciting online auction and an online store, and we want you to be part of it!   Our …
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Untold Stories

… Untold Stories Untold Stories In Ethiopia, Dr. Bethel and Smile Train are changing the narrative around malnutrition. Frustration and desperation tinged every word spoken by the soft voice on the other end of the phone, and Dr. Bethel Mulugeta listened carefully. She almost didn’t need to hear the words themselves — this mother’s story was one … ago, stories of babies like Abel* — babies struggling to survive the insidious effects of malnutrition — had inspired Dr. Bethel to pursue a medical degree at the College of Health Science of Addis Ababa University. In 2020, she graduated …
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Mathias’ Life Could Have Turned Out Much Differently

… Mathias’ Life Could Have Turned Out Much Differently Mathias’ Life Could Have Turned Out Much Differently His smile is a miracle people like you made possible Location is everything. In the Andes Mountains, the higher up a mountain … before. Thankfully, before they could panic, their doctors shared some truly good news: Thanks to an organization called Smile Train, their baby would receive all the cleft care he would ever need for free down the street at Clinicas Noel, … Camila. “She’s always super up-to-date on his treatments, making the right decisions for him.” Ivan Velez Ivan Velez, Smile Train’s Program Manager for the region, meets hundreds of patients and their families each year; yet this family …
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Thank You for Making Our 25th Anniversary a Year to Remember

… this year, recognizing our foundational commitment to excellence in everything we do. …and that’s barely scratching the surface of the impact we made together. Thank you again for making 2024 the year we truly lit up the world with smiles. …
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Renewing Ties, Renewing Purpose: The 79th Annual ACPA Meeting

… 79th Annual Meeting brought more than 1,000 cleft and craniofacial practitioners from 59 countries to Fort Worth, TX to share advances in research and clinical and team-driven cleft care and connect with colleagues around the world.   …
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Kate Donovan: Smile Train Helped Me Learn to Tell My Story

… Kate Donovan: Smile Train Helped Me Learn to Tell My Story Kate Donovan: Smile Train Helped Me Learn to Tell My Story After Kate’s son passed away, she rarely spoke about him. Now, she’s sharing his story in her … could hardly bring herself to talk about him with anyone. She joined Smile Train’s Cleft Community Advisory Council to support others in similar situations and to keep David’s memory alive. Today, she’s finally ready to tell his story, and …
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When Leana Was Born with a Cleft Too, we Charted a New Path

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A Mother Learns to Trust

… A Mother Learns to Trust A Mother Learns to Trust A cleft mom from Nepal on how Smile Train helped heal her whole family. Meiju is the mother of Mrighna, a girl from Kathmandu, Nepal, who was born with a cleft. Below, she shares her family’s journey to Smile Train and the healing your support made possible. This interview was conducted in 2018, when Mrighna was just over … care for her and we didn’t want to hurt her. Thankfully, the hospital staff told us that clefts were treatable, and that Smile Train would sponsor the costs of all the care she would ever need at Vayodha Hospital nearby. Knowing that freed us …

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