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… From Big City Streets to Kenyan Communities From Big City Streets to Kenyan Communities Crissy Maier is committed to advocating and raising awareness for cleft care everywhere …
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… App for Speech Therapy Practice Experts agree that children respond best to speech therapy when it is fun and engaging. Smile Train has developed a free, interactive cleft palate speech application to match this widespread belief. The app is … encourages children to practice more often to yield better speech outcomes. The app is currently available in English (“Smile Train Speech Games and Practice”) and Spanish (“Smile Train Habla y Lenguaje”). Apple Google App to Connect Patients to Care Smile Train has developed a mobile and …
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… Slows Down What do you do once you’re at the top? Keep learning Dr. Sesime Sanni is the head of pediatric surgery at Smile Train partner Centre Hospitalier Prefectoral D’Aneho in Togo and her country’s first female pediatric surgeon. Here … year. Once it finally did, I signed up as fast as I could. It was everything I wanted and more — at one point, a Smile Train partner visited and led a training on cleft surgeries, and I knew right away that that was what I wanted to … was doubly heartbreaking for me was that I knew it didn’t need to be this way because I knew that we could partner with Smile Train to provide these surgeries for free. I became determined to bring Smile Train to Togo, even if I didn’t yet …
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… History A Quarter Century of Changing the World One Smile at a Time All of our successes since our founding in 1999 stem from two sources: the tireless commitment of donors like you and the world-changing vision of one man: Charles B. Wang. Decade breakdown of Smile Train's history The history of Smile Train is, at its core, a story about the power each of us has to change the world. Let's relive it together. All …
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… with a cleft. $69B in global economic impact achieved as a result of cleft treatment. Give Every Child the Chance to Smile Since 1999, Smile Train has supported more cleft surgeries than all other global charities combined. Smile Train has always championed partnering directly with local hospitals to strengthen regional health systems and …
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… children, and cleft allies. Community Programs Become part of the CCAC Serve in an advisory role and help inform Smile Train’s communications activities. Cleft Con Learn more about Smile Train's first global gathering on essential topics in the cleft community. Advocate for the Cleft Community Our U.S. Cleft Community is mobilizing in support of the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act. Join us. Apply for a Scholarship Smile Train's College Scholarship Program helps cleft-affected American high …
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… living #CleftStrong. Human Resources Administrative Assistant Amanda Terrazas shares what led her to become a member of Smile Train’s Cleft Community Advisory Council, a group whose personal experiences with clefts help advance Smile Train’s marketing initiatives and communication strategy. I was born with a bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate in … who helped me realize the important things in life — having a good heart and positive attitude. My mom has supported Smile Train since I was a kid. I’d look at images of children Smile Train had supported, and you could sense the pride …
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… Employee Matching Employee Matching Gifts Double the Impact of Your Donation You’ve demonstrated your dedication to Smile Train’s work, now ask your employer to do the same! Companies are often excited to support the philanthropy of … If your employer has an online portal for matching gifts, please take advantage. This is the most efficient way for Smile Train to help more children. If your company uses a paper matching gift form, please complete your section, sign, and mail it to the address below. We will do the rest! Smile Train P.O. Box 96246 Washington, DC 20090-6246 Attn: Matching Gifts If you or your company would like more …
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… and preparation, Hospital de Clinicas in Asunción, where Dr. Aldana serves as head of plastic surgery, was set to become Smile Train's first-ever local partner in Paraguay in early 2020 . Dr. Celso Aldana on the day Hospital de Clinicas finally became a Smile Train partner. Then COVID-19 hit. Overnight, Dr. Aldana and his staff were thrust into a breathless, seemingly … organize his multidisciplinary cleft team and stock his operating rooms with the latest equipment, all with help from Smile Train. Once the pandemic had abated enough in Paraguay to safely begin offering Smile Train-sponsored cleft …
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… Sam Young: Frequent Smiler, Constant Inspiration Sam Young: Frequent Smiler, Constant Inspiration Every month when the donation pops up on my statement... I’m able to put things back into perspective. Samantha Young, of Australia, shares her inspiration for becoming a Frequent Smiler, one of Smile Train’s monthly donors committed to helping save the lives of children with clefts every day. I was …
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… when she was 15 years old, her efforts paid off when she stumbled across an advertisement for an organization called Smile Train that sponsored free cleft surgeries at a nearby hospital. She couldn’t believe the pictures were real. Other … to never underestimate her. She had spent her whole life playing the long game and was not about to give up now. Damaris smiles in her school uniform after her free Smile Train-sponsored cleft surgery. From that day forward, when her neighbors harassed her, she drowned it out in dreams …
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… Mariam Was Bullied Out of School Because of Her Cleft Mariam Was Bullied Out of School Because of Her Cleft Now, nothing can stop her Learning she was pregnant with her first child filled Muksina and her husband, Sufyan, with overwhelming joy and an immense love for their future daughter. They couldn’t imagine giving her anything less than the best life they could provide. But reality tested their ecstatic dreams of parenthood before they could even hold her. Muksina’s pregnancy did not go as planned. She was constantly ill, and the couple worried …