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… even violent harassment from peers and accusations of witchcraft from neighbors. Things have improved since 2007, when Smile Train first established partnerships with hospitals across the country to help provide top-quality cleft care to … communities, spreading the word that free, safe, lifelong care is available remains a challenge. This is why Smile Train and our local staff leave no stone unturned to connect every person with a cleft to all the care they need. … it right then. Oloye pushed play and saw children with clefts like her twins… but then their clefts healed into radiant smiles, and the video claimed that the surgeries that made it possible were free! The video ended with a toll-free number …
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… Joshua! Say “Sekerera,” Joshua! Your support transforms children, their families, and entire communities This February, Smile Train’s Senior Manager, Communications, Derek Kwait, traveled to Zambia to collect stories of our patients and … you, one he feels truly illuminates the transformations — small and large, expected and unexpected — your support for Smile Train makes possible around the world each day. It was another cloudless day so hot that you could feel the … to care enough to leave the shade. We turned a corner, and there was Josephine, welcoming us to her home with a warm smile and her sons at her knees — Favour, age five, and the man of the hour, three-year-old Joshua. She motioned for us …
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… and self-doubt upon receiving the news that her baby would have a cleft to raising a six-year-old who is #CleftProud. Smile Train supporter Jasmine Czarnecki shares the story of her son’s cleft treatment journey. I got pregnant with Daniel … amazing experience, and I’m very grateful, but it’s still a lot. It’s definitely a lot. I actually first learned about Smile Train in my first frantic Google searches after receiving Daniel’s diagnosis but I overlooked them. A few years … looking through a weekly newsletter I subscribe to of custom-curated volunteer activities, and one of them was for YLC, Smile Train’s Young Leadership Circle. I decided to look into it a little more, and it turned out to be the perfect fit. …
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… 24 women to be inducted into the 2021 Women to Watch class, including Nijha Diggs, Senior Director, Public Relations, Smile Train. As a member of this prestigious group, Nijha has proven she is up for every challenge and ready to go above … was a woman to watch from the moment she joined our team six years ago,” said Susannah Schaefer, President and CEO of Smile Train. “Since then, she has grown our social media presence into a global, multi-platform brand; nurtured a huge … served as a mentor to the next generation of women PR professionals. All with her trademark style, class, and infectious smile. On behalf of the entire Smile Train family, I congratulate Nijha on this well-deserved honor and look forward to …
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… result is that countless girls are growing up in shame, not accepted for who they are, all for lack of basic healthcare. Smile Train is committed to #InspireInclusion by helping women and girls with clefts reclaim their lives, their voices, and their smiles. Just as we have done each day for the past 25 years. Here are some of our partners, staff, and supporters who … each day. Get to know them below and make sure to share their stories on social media. Dr. Diana Bohόrquez, a Smile Train partner craniofacial surgeon in Oaxaca, Mexico has spent years navigating being a female in a male-dominated …
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… in the Philippines. She was also born with a cleft. She wrote us recently to share what she’s up to and how she believes Smile Train set her on the path to success. I have been receiving Smile Train-supported cleft treatment from the team at Philippine Band of Mercy since I was young, starting with … and I am grateful to have had that chance. But I will be even more confident once my braces come off and I have a full smile! I hope that in the future, after I have a career, I will be able to donate to Smile Train to help them in helping …
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… Sarah Thomas: Clefts Are a Problem We Can Solve Together Sarah Thomas: Clefts Are a Problem We Can Solve Together Just take that first step As a girl waiting for the school bus in Mumbai, Sarah Thomas often saw children with clefts on the … stopped her from asking any of them: Why is everyone else ignoring them? She figured this must be one of those things you just weren’t supposed to talk about. Her international school frequently invited charities to give presentations on …
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… Team EMPOWER Our Races FAQ Contact What is Team Empower? Team EMPOWER is the signature endurance fundraising program of Smile Train. It gives athletes all around the world the opportunity to make their race count toward providing free cleft … care to children in need. Every step, every lap, and every mile mean more than crossing the finish line — it means more smiles, new beginnings, and the opportunity for children with clefts to live full and productive lives. Into which races … registration fee on our site and fulfill all fundraising minimum commitments set forth in the fundraising schedule. Does Smile Train cover my race registration fees? Yes! Smile Train will cover the cost of any registration fees due to the …
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… blossom. Yet, for all the joy she fostered in her classroom, some of her students still could not bring themselves to smile. It was their teeth. Their families just didn’t know about oral health and didn’t have money to spare on … are more likely to have missing or extra teeth and to experience tooth decay than their peers. Today, as a dentist at Smile Train partner Tess Unlimited in Guatemala, Brosly equips her patients’ parents to take care of their baby’s unique smile from the time they are born — because, as she always reminds them, the best way to ensure a child’s teeth remain in …
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… to heal a cleft It’s one of the most widespread myths of cleft care: “One surgery is all a child with a cleft needs to smile.” In fact, however, even after surgery, many children with clefts have missing, extra, or decaying teeth, making it impossible for them to confidently share their smiles with the world. That’s why Smile Train supports the vital work of specialists like Dr. Telma Gabriela Carnicer Leaño, a pediatric dentist at our …
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… the Honorable Joel A. Pisano on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and for the Honorable Michael A. Chagares on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She holds a JD from Seton Hall Law …
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… And Securities Donating Stocks And Securities Thank you for your interest in supporting Smile Train through a stock donation. Appreciated securities are perhaps the most cost-effective assets to use in making a gift. When you transfer …