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… Stanley Means Love Stanley Means Love A new dog comes to a small town and changes everything Here at Smile Train, if there’s anything we love almost as much as seeing people with clefts live their best lives, it’s dogs. … It was love at first sight for both. Stanley standing in his pen when he first saw Debbie “He had the most unique smile I had ever seen in my life,” Debbie remembers. Only love could have given Debbie the strength to handle the days … as a way to educate about clefts and help cleft-affected children in need. She did some research and immediately knew Smile Train was the cause for them. She reached out asking if Stanley could help us spread the message that it’s ok to be …
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… and with limited resources, to provide the safest, highest-quality treatment to patients in their own communities. At Smile Train, we’ve known the answer to this question from the start — the time to rethink the mission model was decades ago. Smile Train was founded in 1999 to champion a more effective model of care that invests in local patients and providers … 1.5 million surgical treatments over the last 20 years — a figure that dwarfs that of fly-in mission groups. “To date, Smile Train has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in strengthening local health systems, supported more than 1.5 …
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… around the world. Radiation Oncology Nurse Alyson Ferguson shares what led her to become a member of the inaugural Smile Train Cleft Community Advisory Council (CCAC) — a group whose personal experiences with clefts help advance Smile Train’s marketing initiatives and communication strategy. I was born, raised, and currently reside in Dutchess … her alveolar ridge in June of 2005. At the time, I didn’t know any craniofacial experts so cleft organizations like Smile Train were great resources for cleft-related information. My daughter inspires me — she’s shown strength and …
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… CCAC Spotlight: Ashley Barbour CCAC Spotlight: Ashley Barbour Seeing the beauty of a child with a cleft allowed me to see the beauty inside myself. It also made me realize that there is power in sharing. Teacher Consultant Ashley Barbour shares what led her to become a member of the inaugural Smile Train Cleft Community Advisory Council (CCAC) — a group whose personal … wouldn’t notice I was different. A few years ago, I saw a baby with an untreated cleft while I was putting oranges in my shopping cart at Meijer. I had seen my baby pictures, but this was the first time I’d seen an untreated cleft in-person …
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… she knew she would find an answer. Her determination led her to Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), her local Smile Train partner. Learning Testimony would receive all the cleft care he ever needed for free thanks to the kindness … and already showing signs of decay; he even developed tiny legions in his mouth. In other words, he still struggled to smile. Thankfully, the family never needed to worry because Prof. Omolola Orenuga, the pediatric dentistry team lead at … acts of care. That’s why, rather than sending outside doctors on short-term missions into then out of places of need, Smile Train trains and equips local experts like Prof. Orenuga and the rest of the team at LUTH to provide the exact care …
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… they are also a tribute to the lifesaving difference your generosity makes possible around the world every single day. Smile Train was founded in 1999 with a simple idea: Local healthcare workers could provide better, timelier, and more … need it most. In fact, an economic impact report we commissioned this spring found that, since 2000, your support for Smile Train has added an additional $69 billion to the global economy. Thanks to you, we have so much to celebrate this … need to thrive. We have so much work left to do, and we know we're still just getting started. With you by our side, Smile Train will keep moving, keep innovating, keep healing, until the day comes when we’ve fully realized our vision: "A …
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… the few branches of healthcare that could never go remote. Adjusting braces via camera lens just seems impossible. But Smile Train partner Dentsply Sirona didn’t become the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and … by letting “impossible” stand in their way — or in the way of patients getting the treatment they need. At a workshop at Smile Train partner Clinica Noel in Medellin, Colombia , earlier this year, Dentsply Sirona worked with local oral health specialists Drs. Juan Pablo Gomez and Martha Mejía and Smile Train staff members to demonstrate one of their latest donations to the hospital: a remote monitoring structure for …
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… Denstply Sirona Dentsply Sirona and Smile Train Five-year partnership to innovate cleft care through digital solutions. All Corporate Partners Dentsply … to advance patient care and deliver better and safer dentistry. Advancing the Future of Cleft Care In September of 2021, Smile Train and Dentsply Sirona launched a five-year partnership to improve access to global oral health and create a … dental technologies for safe, efficient, and expert patient care. Dentsply Sirona’s $5 million USD financial donation to Smile Train will advance the future of cleft care by: Developing the first-ever global treatment standards and best …
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… Their hearts broke with the possibilities. Then they learned about Fundacion Proyecto Una Mejor Sonrisa, their nearest Smile Train partner. After a quick evaluation, the team taught her mom, Ameyali, special techniques for nursing … three months; her cleft palate surgery when she turned nine months. Suddenly, Aquetzaly’s future looked as bright as her smile. A few years later, it got even brighter once she completed her courses of personalized speech therapy, also made possible by Smile Train. Today, life is her dance floor. Aquetzaly’s Dance Floor Photo Gallery Prev Next Learning how to gracefully …
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… in Cairo. Dr. Ghaffar eased the family’s fears and told them there was no need to sell their possessions because Smile Train Partner Kids Hospital would provide corrective surgery free of charge. When Initissar and Rawda finally arrived at Smile Train Partner Kids Hospital, Initissar was full of worries. She wondered: “Would such a young child survive anesthesia?” However, Smile Train partner surgeon Dr. Mamdouh was there to walk her through the steps, and help ease her fears every step of …
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… the one they were here for popped out of his tiny brick house, a half-eaten ham sandwich in his hand and a huge, hammy smile on his face. Christine on the narrow, steep, cluttered stairs “¡Hola!” hollered three-year-old Mathias. Yesica and Mathias greet the YLC Journeyers at their home Instantly, their smiles matched his. Without saying a word, the women knew this child would change their lives almost as much as they had changed his. And this was still only the first hour of the two-day Young Leadership Circle (YLC) Journey of Smiles to Medellín, Colombia in April. Different Paths, One Journey As members of the YLC Board, Christine Smessaert, …