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… had no problems feeding and grew up as a healthy baby. Her natural curiosity and joy shone through her smile and sunny eyes, until she grew old enough to understand that that very smile was the reason her neighbors were always laughing …
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… for Cleft Care in Latin America Fundación Gantz: Raising the Bar for Cleft Care in Latin America “Being recognized by Smile Train means Chile is now a regional leader training and educating doctors from all over the world." Smile Train Cleft Leadership Centers (CLCs) represent one of our largest investments yet in building local medical … designating CLCs in July 2021, they were an obvious choice to join the inaugural class. In their new role as a CLC, Smile Train will support Fundación Gantz’s efforts to expand their historic influence through ever-growing cleft care …
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… Patients and Families Patients and Families Smile Train aims to support cleft-affected families worldwide by creating, connecting, and sharing resources about … to find invaluable advice and resources. Cleft Care at Home Comprehensive cleft care does not only happen at your local Smile Train partner treatment center. It is so important for children and caretakers to have access to resources related to their cleft care at home. Smile Train is dedicated to creating a variety of resources to meet every need. Understanding Cleft Families should …
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… raised an additional $300,000 for Smile Train. Overall, Jenner's nearly half-million-dollar donation will help fund 1,800 surgeries for children with clefts. "As the Ambassador for Smile Train, I am excited to have the opportunity to …
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… "It Is Possible": Celebrating Dr. Luis Cuadros "It Is Possible": Celebrating Dr. Luis Cuadros Thanks to Dr. Cuadros — and Smile Train — having a cleft on the Navajo reservations of New Mexico is no longer a sentence to a life of isolation and … heat, poverty, and sparse medical services. The overall societal neglect this community faced reflected in the crooked smiles and garbled speech of the many children and adults there who had been born with clefts — though they had the … of clefts per capita, treatment came from outside surgeons with results that left a generation of children with stunted smiles and incomprehensible speech. Yet no sooner had Dr. Cuadros begun his work here on the Native American reservations …
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… My Cleft Journey - Grace Murphy My Cleft Journey - Grace Murphy In honor of World Smile Day®, Grace Murphy, an American teen with a cleft, shares her journey and what she's learned along the way. My … from speech therapy in fifth grade, I was elated; I felt like I had finally caught up with my peers. Grace today smiles on a swing display I have vague memories of my second and third surgeries, but I have clear memories of my fourth … have been able to handle it better. Grace on Lake Michigan My advice to anyone struggling with accepting their ‘forever smile’? Embrace what you have and be grateful for and proud of your journey. Your smile might not be perfect, but it's …
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… Ivanna’s Angels Ivanna’s Angels Her family dealt with unsupportive doctors, medical challenges, and more on their path to finding Smile Train Leticia had been pregnant three times before. But never had she experienced complications quite like this. At an early ultrasound appointment, the doctor took one look at the image and refused to treat her further. Too high-risk, she said cryptically. In hindsight, …
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… Grant Programs Grant Programs Smile Train funds thousands of partners and programs throughout the world that help people with clefts receive the treatment they could otherwise never access. Grant Types Becoming a Partner All of our partners are united by a common goal: …
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… Ayu and Ade Ayu and Ade Their untreated clefts made life so unbearable for Ade and his daughter Ayu that Smile Train had to call the Army in. Ayu and her father, Ade, lived with untreated clefts in a remote village in West … Ayu endured from her classmates made her want to drop out of school. Then the Indonesian Army, in partnership with Smile Train, stepped in to change their lives forever. … Their untreated clefts made life so unbearable for Ade and his daughter Ayu that Smile Train had to call the Army in. … Ayu and Ade …
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… dedicated her career to improving the lives of children with clefts across the country. She found a worthy partner in Smile Train. Professor Olugbemiga Ogunlewe was the first woman to become an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon in Nigeria and … at home rather than face community accusations — this isolation hurts the children psychologically,” she said. In 2007, Smile Train staff members traveled to Nigeria to hold lectures about cleft care. Luckily, Professor Ogunlewe was in the audience and she was impressed with Smile Train’s unique model. Professor Ogunlewe was especially excited that Smile Train cleft care grants would allow …
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… Advocacy Outreach Advocate for ELSA Support the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act (ELSA) to ensure cleft affected Americans in every state receive the complete, medically necessary care they … including delayed speech, chronic ear infections, jaw misalignment, anxiety, and depression. The Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act (H.R. 3277/S.1677), known as ELSA, is a federal bill that closes this harmful coverage gap. It requires … companies - decide what care is needed, ELSA helps children access the full treatment they deserve to grow, speak, smile, and thrive. Will you join Smile Train and ask your members of Congress for their support? You can email them using …