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… Andrea Helps Children With Clefts Tell Their Own Stories Andrea Helps Children With Clefts Tell Their Own Stories How a Smile Train partner from Argentina helps children speak with confidence. Having a cleft can touch every aspect of a … behind in school, and feel as though they'll never fit into society. That's where Andrea comes in. By partnering with Smile Train, she is able to provide these children with the speech care they need to clearly and confidently tell their own stories, all at no cost to their families. … How a Smile Train partner from Argentina helps children speak with confidence. … Andrea Helps Children With Clefts Tell Their …
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… Care Dr. Tarek: Hearing Care is Cleft Care Why one of the world’s foremost experts on clefts and hearing is a proud Smile Train partner Many people don’t know that clefts can cause severe, lasting hearing damage. Dr. Tarek Abdel Fattah Hassan, an ENT at Smile Train partner Kids Hospital in Giza, Egypt, has made correcting this misconception and giving the gift of hearing … a team? I liked the idea very much, and I have been on the Nile Cleft Centre team for about four years now. The Sound of Smiles One of the most common misconceptions about clefts is that they are only a “cosmetic” issue, but that couldn’t be …
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… Grace Peters: Born With A Purpose Grace Peters: Born With a Purpose How Smile Train helped Grace go from a girl looking for answers to global cleft hero. Grace Peters believes her path in life … undergoing cleft treatments didn’t make it any easier. When Grace was in fourth grade, her family made a donation to Smile Train and received in return a pamphlet featuring photos of children who’d received lifesaving cleft surgery. … resources and devoured all of them. “I was always so confused about why my life was as it was, but then I watched Smile Pinki [Smile Train’s Oscar®-winning short documentary] with my family and realized ‘My purpose in life is to help …
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… Real Lives Saved Virtual Marathons, Real Lives Saved When endurance events got canceled around the world, these Smile Train supporters ran anyway. When COVID-19 forced Smile Train's partner hospitals in 70+ countries to delay lifesaving cleft surgeries — 39,000 and counting as of December … safety protocols, and did everything else they possibly could to ensure no patient in need was left behind. And because Smile Train's partners didn't slow down, our Team EMPOWER athletes didn't either. When the pandemic canceled their races, …
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… Leana Was Born with a Cleft Too, we Charted a New Path When Leana Was Born with a Cleft Too, we Charted a New Path With Smile Train’s help, Leonardo gave his daughter the cleft care he dreamed of as a child In Cebu, Philippines, Leonardo was … looking back now, it was a blessing in disguise. We started to search online for new options, and that’s how we found Smile Train. After messaging their Facebook page, we were put in contact with Smile Train staff. Two weeks later, Leana’s surgery was scheduled. It was unbelievable! At four years old, Leana was …
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… children, due to the region’s severe droughts and lack of jobs, so he knew exactly where to bring the vulnerable child — Smile Train Partner Esperanza de Vida. Esperanza de Vida’s sprawling campus includes a hospital, a retirement home, a … meat — items he was unable to eat due to his untreated clefts. His primary frustration was his inability to communicate. Smile Train partner Dr. Anna Lucia Garcia shared, “Auner was loving and affectionate, but the other children couldn’t … two years of nutritional recovery, Auner received his cleft surgeries, which have led to dramatic changes in his life. Smile Train partner surgeon Dr. Jorge Mendez reports, “After the surgeries, he could eat so much easier — he doesn’t …
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… Left When Our Daughter Was Born With a Cleft My Husband Left When Our Daughter Was Born With a Cleft But thanks to Smile Train and my family, we have never been alone Alimatu lives in the city of Kumasi, Ghana, with her eight-year-old daughter, Rawdah, a Smile Train patient. Her husband left shortly after Rawdah was born, leaving her to raise a baby with a cleft alone. … afforded even one of these surgeries on our own, but both were completely free thanks to Komfo Anokye’s partnership with Smile Train. This was an unspeakable gift for Rawdah and our family. Thanks to Smile Train, Rawdah was also able to …
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… 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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… 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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… Simulare Medical, a Division of Smile Train, Announces Patent-Pending Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Simulator Smile Train Announces Patent-Pending Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Simulator New Simulator to Accelerate the Learning … Ultimately Further Care for Cleft-Affected Children FORT WORTH, TEXAS – March 30, 2022 – Simulare Medical, a Division of Smile Train, Inc., has launched the newest innovation in its growing line of high-fidelity cleft surgical simulators, the …
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… Treatment is Long, but Zuleika’s Parents Persisted The Walk to Treatment is Long, but Zuleika’s Parents Persisted With Smile Train, a full and healthy life is no longer wishful thinking, but a reality Fidel lives in the countryside in … Finally, their faith was rewarded when they met Dr. Julio Gonzalez, who told them that, thanks to an organization called Smile Train, Zuleika could receive the last two surgeries she needed free of charge. With Smile Train, surgery for Zuleika became a dream realized. “We [finally] achieved what we were waiting for!” Fidel …
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… About Us About Us Over the past 25+ years, Smile Train has supported safe and quality cleft care for 2+ million children. What Does Smile Train Do? Smile Train is the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, with a sustainable and local model of supporting surgery …