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… the moon when she raised the funds for 10+ children to receive cleft treatments. She said, “I did all my fundraising on Facebook, and I reached my goal quickly. I felt so happy for all those babies and their families.” Unfortunately, the … the sidelines in her role as ambassador to leading by example as she shares her training and fundraising tips on their Facebook group. “My mom and I are out before sunrise every day and get in our miles before I have to get home and get … was the difficulty of three members from one family fundraising for the same event. “I pretty much tapped out my Facebook friends, so I had to get creative.” The student council at the school where she teaches is hosting a fundraiser, …
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… told the family about a hospital in nearby Takmao that performed free cleft surgeries every day of the year thanks to Smile Train and its model of empowering local healthcare workers in their own hospitals. A short while later, Sel received a Smile Train-sponsored surgery to heal his cleft lip. About a year later — when his doctors determined the time was right … his baby pictures in the hopes that when he passes a child with a cleft, he won’t show them pity, he’ll show them to Smile Train. Help us provide all children with the cleft surgery they need to thrive and build up healthcare capacity in …
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… Dr. Oti Aria: From Stigma to Hope Dr. Oti Aria: From Stigma to Hope Her dream is to help kids with clefts pursue theirs Babies with clefts in Nigeria have … did not need to juggle the demands of medical school with those of raising young kids. Even when she gave birth in the middle of exam season. “Those periods were very testing,” she said. “But I look back and I have no regrets. It's really …
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… and a nurse there said she had heard about an organization that could provide free treatment for him. She Googled local Smile Train partners and directed us to Grandville Medical and Laser Centre. Olanike speaking with Dr. Aranmolate Rasheed … as well help people the way he was helped. As I said, it is a sacred duty. I also want to say a very big thank you to Smile Train’s donors. I don't know them, but God knows them. I pray God will continue to bless them, favor them, and show …
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… except one thing Cleft Surgery Changed Everything for Sheema, Except One Thing She still cries when she looks in the mirror. But now she does it with lipstick on “I lost my senses.” Jann chokes over that phrase as she describes the moment … It was about 12 hours after she had given birth to her. Sheema’s cleft was a surprise to everyone. Jann’s doctors and family kept the child she had prayed for her whole life from her for as long as they could, worried what would happen … mouth; but of course, they couldn’t keep the secret forever. Sheema needed to eat just as badly as Jann — alone, crying, and terrified in the recovery room — needed to feed her. To hold her. Even just to see her. The moment she finally did …
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… Medical Advisory Board Smile Train's Medical Advisory Board Many of the best and brightest cleft experts in the world, from surgeons to anesthesiologists to orthodontists to speech therapists, comprise the Smile Train Global Medical Advisory Board. It works closely with regional Medical Advisory Councils – such … University of Dundee Dental School Dr. Maria Asuncion A. Silvestre, MD, FPSNbM Maternal and Newborn Health Early Essential Newborn Care Malnutrition in Children Evidence-Based Medicine Felicity Vidya Mehendale, MD, FRCS President …
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… Vice President of Public Relations, is a PR and communications pro with more than two decades of experience as a journalist, media strategist, and college professor. Nicole comes to Smile Train from 1st Degree Marketing & Public Relations. As a Senior Media …
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… that tragedy, Danai rose from unthinkable grief to start the Shumiro Sarah Crystal Magandi Trust, a local nonprofit (and Smile Train partner) whose goal is to provide emotional and logistical support to every cleft-affected family in … friends as trustees, and the Shumiro Sarah Crystal Magandi Trust was born. That WhatsApp group is also how I came across Smile Train. Sibusisiwe Yona, Smile Train’s Program Manager for Southern Africa , messaged me one day asking for admin permission. I didn’t know her at …
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… Andes, amid the steep slopes and rugged ruins of the former Inca Empire, Michela and Jorje lived in a single, 12-square-foot room with their two kids and another on the way. The pregnancy was fraught from the beginning. She started … Michela. One night, this shame and fear so overwhelmed Michela that she walked to a nearby bridge and dangled one foot over the narrow edge. She closed her eyes and was just about to release her trembling fingers from the railing when, …
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… the works of well-known painters such as Le Brun, Rembrandt, and Van Dyke. After an involved process, the Metropolitan Museum of Art approved her application for a permit to copy works on the museum’s floor. She researched each painting extensively, replicated the finished painting, and learned how each artist … realism. She has also received international recognition: several of her works have been featured in national museum exhibitions across the world including the European Museum of Modern Art, the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, …
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… as he travels throughout his home island of Sulawesi searching for cleft patients so that they might be helped by Smile Train. Hope, Dedication, Promise illustrates how one man, with the help of a community and devoted medical … changed the fate of dozens of children and their families. This film also provides the viewer a unique glimpse into a Smile Train patient’s journey from fateful meetings of strangers in village markets, to surgery, and beyond. … Never …