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… Ties, Renewing Purpose: The 79th Annual ACPA Meeting Renewing Ties, Renewing Purpose: The 79th Annual ACPA Meeting Smile Train brought 200+ medical partners from 40+ countries to America’s leading cleft conference From March 29 – April … TX to share advances in research and clinical and team-driven cleft care and connect with colleagues around the world. Smile Train was proud to serve as the International Sponsor of this year’s meeting, supporting more than 200 of our cleft … from 56 countries to attend this renowned scientific conference — including 60 in-person attendees! While there, Smile Train staff and partners showcased their research and work across a variety of cleft care topics. Launch and …
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… 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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… 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 … she graduated and immediately began to pursue a master’s degree in general public health. That same year, she joined Smile Train as a Nutrition Advisor for Ethiopia (She has since joined Smile Train's staff as Program Assistant for the East Africa Horn). “I have seen many, many babies who are malnourished. …
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… Get Creative Get Creative Anything can be a fundraiser for Smile Train! Use your imagination and skills to organize a memorable event. Start Your Fundraiser Ways to Fundraise … Birthday Fundraiser Your support can give a child something special to celebrate on their next birthday and add smiles to yours. Wedding Fundraiser Add Smiles to your registry or make a gift in lieu of wedding favors. Company Fundraiser Organize a fundraiser with your …
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… a Year to Remember Thank You for Making Our 25th Anniversary a Year to Remember In 2024, you lit up the world with smiles like never before Looking back at all that our generous and compassionate supporters — people like you — made … and Zimbabwe Set our second Guinness World Records™ title in as many years by lighting 64 landmarks across the world in Smile Train blue in honor of World Smile Day® Expanded orthodontic support to seven new countries Expanded nutrition treatments to three new countries …
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… 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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… Jenner's hosts still on cleft journey Mia Update: Kylie Jenner's Hosts Still on Cleft Journey A patient’s mother on how Smile Train partners treated her daughter In 2017, Smile Train Ambassador Kylie Jenner and her mother, Kris, visited our partners and patients in Lima, Peru — including … Caritas Felices (MCF), where she could receive the care she needed completely free thanks to an organization called Smile Train. I didn’t know how it would work and it sounded too good to be true, but I had to take the chance for my …
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… Isabella’s Mother Fought to Give Her a Life Worth Living Isabella’s Mother Fought to Give Her a Life Worth Living And Smile Train fought right alongside her Jenifer went in for her five-month ultrasound expecting everything to go smoothly. … the hospital staff remained calm and collected. The next day, they guided Jenifer to Notti Hospital, a nearby Smile Train partner. There, staff helped Jenifer learn more about clefts and the various kinds of care Isabella would … be able to do while also caring for her son. But the doctors had more good news for her: Thanks to the generosity of Smile Train’s donors around the world, all the care Isabella needed – even transportation – would be free. Isabella today …
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… 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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… and Jeffrey: Brothers with Clefts Jefferson and Jeffrey: Brothers with Clefts When things got tough, Desiree leaned on Smile Train-sponsored care Both of Desiree and Jeffrey’s sons were unexpectedly born with clefts. Below, Desiree recounts … that, he still needed surgery on his palate. Jefferson before and after starting cleft care Then one day, I heard about Smile Train on the radio. The announcer said they sponsored cleft treatment 100% free of charge through their local … out if we qualified — and we did! Jefferson successfully had cleft palate surgery when he was one year old. Seeing his smile, my neighbors and family started to treat us better. From then on, they really took good care of him. The whole …
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… Solar to Power Operating Rooms Across Africa Solar to Power Operating Rooms Across Africa Smile Train and Kids Operating Room Poised to Launch Solar Surgery System New York, N.Y. - Today, global health NGOs, Smile Train and Kids Operating Room (KidsOR), announce an ambitious plan to reduce the cost and carbon footprint of … a voltage irregularity with the main power grid,” said Susannah Schaefer, President, and Chief Executive Officer at Smile Train. “We work closely with the team at KidsOR on hospital infrastructure projects and we asked them if they could …
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… Samir’s Pipe Dreams Come True Samir’s Pipe Dreams Come True His family gave him a sanctuary. You gave him a smile Romina lived with her husband and two children in a rural village in northern Argentina. It's a place where life … faith were rewarded at last when they discovered he could receive cleft surgery for free at a local hospital thanks to Smile Train. Romina called it a “dream come true.” “After his surgery, the whole family has changed,” Romina cries. “What changed the most was that he relates to other children; he has more friends. He is encouraged to smile at others. Now he has the possibility of being someone in life, to have a good future, a job; that society no …