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… Inside the First Cleft Nutrition Training in Central America Inside the First Cleft Nutrition Training in Central America Smile Train-SPOON Foundation curriculum gives babies with clefts the gift of a lifetime The moment a baby is born with a … require specialized feeding counseling and support to avoid becoming severely malnourished. A 2021 study commissioned by Smile Train found that, globally, more than 46,000 children under five died of cleft-related malnutrition between 2000 … delays or stunted growth because of malnutrition . The struggles are exponentially worse for babies with clefts. For Smile Train, these facts made another one crystal clear: We needed to get these babies the urgent nutritional support …
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… Kelvin Hopes to Bring Smiles All Throughout Ghana Kelvin Hopes to Bring Smiles All Throughout Ghana And he has the plan to make it happen Kelvin is a dentist in Ghana with big goals and the … going in and out of hospitals, studying medicine was a natural choice. I’m a dentist now, but my career won’t end here. Smile Train has opened so many doors for me. Even though I had completed my surgeries by the time I found them, they …
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… Holiday Gift Guide (High Amounts) Holiday Gift Guide Here's what you can do to make this winter a Season of Smiles. Holiday Gift Guide Options $1,000 Can help our partners travel to sharpen their skills at an international cleft … for cleft surgery $2,500 Can give 10 children with clefts the specialized orthodontic care they need for a healthy smile $5,000 Can provide 10 children with clefts one year of speech therapy, giving them the gift of clear, confident speech Holiday Cards Order your personalized Smile Train holiday cards & share the gift of a smile with your friends and family! $10,000 Can help sponsor a …
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… Smile Train Names Sarah Hamilton as its First Director of Global Advocacy and Public Policy Smile Train Names Sarah Hamilton as its First Director of Global Advocacy and Public Policy Announcement comes as the UN gathers for the 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women New York, NY (March 11, 2024) – Smile Train, the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, taps Sarah Hamilton as its first Director of Global Advocacy …
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… Santi: “Dream Big; Don’t Stop” Santi: “Dream Big; Don’t Stop” For adults with clefts, a smile also means fulfilling work with dignity. Not a day of school went by when Santi didn’t cry. He was born with a … His classmates bullied him without mercy. Looking back on it now, Santi remembers the tears, but in the same breath smiles and says, “But the best part was that I still made the honor roll every year.” Santi owes his fighting spirit to … one day he visited his dentist at the Philippine General Hospital and someone on staff told him an organization called Smile Train would sponsor the cost of the rest of the cleft care he needed. Santi received surgery and care from …
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… Smile Train Celebrates 20 Years of Impact and More than One Million Lives Changed Smile Train Celebrates 20 Years of Impact and More than One Million Lives Changed The World’s Largest Cleft Charity Hosts … Dikembe Mutombo, Rev Run, Kenyan Drake, Real Housewives of NYC’s Kristen Taekman and many others NEW YORK – Smile Train , the world's largest cleft charity, hosted their 20th Anniversary Gala on May 2nd at New York City's iconic …
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… better as he’s raised more and more funds every year since to help more and more children in need. Regular guests like Sarah Silverman, Jon Hamm, and Patton Oswald look forward to it each summer; Jimmy just tells them the date and they say, … pulled out all the stops. The 15th Pardcast-A-Thon featured an all-star lineup of modern comedy, including: Andy Richter Sarah Silverman Todd Glass Jon Cryer Danielle Koenig Paul F. Tompkins Janet Varney Patton Oswalt Carl Tart Rich Sommer …
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… Smile Train Appoints New Global Medical Advisory Board Member from NYU Langone Smile Train Appoints New Global Medical Advisory Board Member from NYU Langone Dr. Roberto Flores partners with the world's largest cleft organization to enhance virtual surgery training offerings worldwide. NEW YORK - Smile Train , the world’s largest cleft organization, announced today the addition of Roberto L. Flores, MD , to its …
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… The Sky’s the Limit for Wayne The Sky’s the Limit for Wayne With a smile like his, he can be anything he dreams At first blush, Wayne doesn’t seem much different from any of the other kids … that crisscross his neighborhood. But there is something special about him, and he knows it. You can see it in his smile, if you know where to look. Or in the audacity with which he stands barefoot in the dirt road outside his home, … said before worrying too much. The cleft team at Harare Central confirmed what the nurses had told them: Thanks to Smile Train, Wayne would receive the surgery he needed completely free — if he reached a healthy weight. That was a big …
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… A Message of Hope from Afghanistan A Message of Hope from Afghanistan How our partners in Kabul are helping children smile through the unthinkable. More than 550,000 Afghanis displaced by conflict since the start of 2021. Crops unable to … give into despair. In the face of war, destruction, and the unknown, they journeyed across Kabul to bring their baby to Smile Train’s local partner, Be Team International Hospital. There, Dr. Hashimi was no less determined to give Mohammad … breathe, and thrive. "Mohammad" before cleft surgery. During a summer when all of Afghanistan seemed to be crumbling, Smile Train’s partners at Be Team International Hospital performed 64 life-changing cleft surgeries in July and 76 in …
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… Smile Train and BioDigital Shatter Barriers in Surgical Training Technology with Innovative, Accessible New App Smile Train and BioDigital Shatter Barriers in Surgical Training Technology with Innovative, Accessible New App The Smile Train Virtual Surgery Simulator mobile app and its offline capabilities are helping improve surgical outcomes in …
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… Neither Pandemic nor Panic Could Stop Adrielle from Getting His Smile Neither Pandemic nor Panic Could Stop Adrielle from Getting His Smile A mother in the Philippines speaks out Abigail lives with her family in Labo, a small city on Luzon, the Philippines’ most populous island. Her son, Adrielle, four, is a Smile Train patient. This is her family’s story in her own words. My husband and I met through a friend of a cousin. We …