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… Premier Circle members have taken a leadership position in the fight against cleft by donating $1,000 or more. Frequent Smiler Donate monthly and become a Frequent Smiler — an easy and economical way to help children born with clefts each month while maintaining your budget. Planned Giving Create a legacy of support and create new smiles by giving from your will, retirement assets, or life insurance. Other Ways to Give Giving stocks or from your IRA …
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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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… 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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… have been at risk of severe malnutrition had Rona not eventually been referred to Harare Central Hospital, their local Smile Train partner. There, local experts performed the free cleft surgery that changed his life at age three. Today, the … few years ago, David didn’t even understand what the story meant. Local Care, Global Impact Since our founding in 1999, Smile Train has empowered 2,100+ healthcare workers across more than 90 countries to provide world-class cleft care … trust no outside group could ever replicate. That trust is what brought Rona to Harare Central Hospital so her son could smile, and now it’s helping her with the next thing she needs: money so he can stay in school and keep his hopes …
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… Chance Can Mean Karen Chambers Knows All a Second Chance Can Mean Above all, it means love Thankfully for thousands of people around the world, Karen Chambers learned early on not to let others define her. Though born in America, she … odd jobs and looking after the home and two children while her husband pursued a career. Then, one day, after 22 years of marriage, a car crashed right in front of her. And all she could do was watch the victim bleed on the street, helpless. “That made me realize I could no longer …
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… for the Sunrisers, the choice of which cause to run for was easy as putting one foot in front of another. Team EMPOWER, Smile Train’s athletic fundraising squad , was the unanimous choice. “I run specifically for Smile Train because I’m a mom, and Smile Train is helping children across the world smile,” said Sunriser Catherine Karita. To further inspire themselves to …
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… Jian’s Advice: Never Lose Hope Jian’s Advice: Never Lose Hope A letter from a 19-year-old patient Jian is a 20-year-old university student 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 …
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… the speech challenges that often persist even after treatment. Currently, she works with the Misi ó n Caritas Felices, a Smile Train partner treatment center in Lima, Peru. “If children with clefts don’t learn to speak properly, they don’t … become frustrated and aggressive, which affects every aspect of their lives,” she says. For many patients supported by Smile Train, who live in areas where services like speech therapy are not available, this essential aspect of … available in each region is critical in ensuring our patients not only survive but thrive. At Misi ó n Caritas Felices, Smile Train supports speech therapy alongside surgical care and nutrition services. “Speech therapy can be very …
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… How Iva Found Joy in Her Cleft How Iva Found Joy in Her Cleft “You may have a disability, but you never have to let your disability have you.” Iva Ballou is a new member of Smile … It sickened me, but I also didn’t feel able to speak up for myself. Sometimes, I felt trapped. But while speaking up doesn’t necessarily come naturally to me, asking questions does. I love to read, and reading about as many different …
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… give her a surgery when she was healthy enough. I’ll never forget that moment when everything changed. It was like the clouds had parted in the middle of a storm and, suddenly, we could see the sun again. On the day of Meng’s surgery, the …
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… An Aira of Hope An Aira of Hope When Aira started school, she struggled to speak up, was bullied, and had few friends. Now. after her cleft surgery, she's the star of the class! Mustika felt like something was wrong her whole pregnancy. She couldn’t put her finger on what, … Sudirman, noticed it, too — Mustika kept him up at night yelling in her sleep like she was in pain. When the labor pains started, they met their midwife at the birthing center. Mustika expected a big smile from Sudirman and the midwife when …
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… is also a lifesaving victory for children and families in need around the world. That’s the power of Team EMPOWER , Smile Train’s endurance athletics squad. By entering races through Team EMPOWER, our supporters live their dreams of … 2022, runners from around the world joined Team EMPOWER for the New York Half Marathon and raised a combined $15,000 for Smile Train! Here are the stories of just three of them. Meg Omecene, Pittsburgh, PA Meg Omecene running the 2022 New … including running the Pittsburgh Marathon with Team EMPOWER in 2019. I chose Team EMPOWER because I became familiar with Smile Train while working for the Miss Universe Organization. Though I’m no longer there, I knew I wanted to stay …