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… Circle Conference Sessions Events Conference Apply Working Session: Awareness How can we increase awareness about Smile Train? Led by Luke Zappia, Co-Chair, YLC A Day in the Life: Smile Train Africa A behind the scenes conversation with Dr. Esther Nyambura Njoroge, Senior Vice President, Global …
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… a queen, as she was born with a cleft lip. Fortunately, Alexa received her free life-changing cleft repair surgery from Smile Train at a young age. In Mexico, there is still social stigma against people born with clefts. That's why it was … dancers accompanied Alexa with bright and colorful feathers, masks made out of ayacahuite, and embroidered blankets, but Smile Train partner surgeon Dr. Blas Domínguez, the local surgeon who performed Alexa’s cleft surgery, said her smile was the highlight of the parade. After the event, Smile Train’s Monica Dominguez, Program Director, Mexico and …
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… Communication & Outreach Tools Use our ready-made templates to effectively communicate and engage with your community on Smile Train. Looking for Smile Train logos or photos? Reach out to us at community@smiletrain.org . … Fundraising Resources …
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… you gave a girl and her parents a lifetime of hope ahead Marisol, 24, is the mother of three-year-old Roselin Nicol, a Smile Train patient. When we had the privilege of visiting her at her home in Bolivia, she insisted we deliver the … gave us support in everything. We finally found the help we needed at a bank. A lady there saw Roselin and told us about Smile Train. When we found out that we could have access to treatment, it was the best day. We hurt the day of her cleft … We would tell other parents of children with clefts to be strong, not to worry. There is a solution. Roselin’s stunning smile makes everyone’s day. Smile Train supporters like you made it possible We say infinite thanks to Smile Train’s …
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… severe malnutrition or worse if not treated in time. Thankfully, her family was referred to Fundación Gantz, their local Smile Train partner, shortly after she was born. There, a local team of cleft specialists gave her the free cleft surgery … for her as she grew. That one surgery could not be the end of her cleft treatment, so it could not be the end of her Smile Train journey, either. Here is the rest of her Smile Train story, in her own words. My name is Amelie, I live in Chile. I am nine years old and I was born with a cleft, …
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… journey to cleft care in her own words. Ngin lives with her family in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and is the mother of Meng, a Smile Train patient. Below, she shares a candid account of what it was like to have a child with a cleft unexpectedly and … Meng needed it. But then, when Meng was just a few months old, a friend told me that there was an organization called Smile Train that would give her cleft surgery and all the other care she needed free, from doctors at Psar Kraom … three hours after the operation, once the bandages were removed and I could see the results. When I saw my daughter smile for the first time, I was extremely happy and very relieved. Meng gallery Prev Next That was all over seven years …
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… to do isn't as important as whether they do it with kindness and empathy. Growing up between their parents' home and the halls of DIF Hidalgo has given both children the inspiration to do good and the confidence that they will achieve it. …
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… since, they've changed what it means to have a cleft in Ecuador, together. In 2007, Cristina Solano of Quito, Ecuador decided to take time off from her work as a multimedia designer to prepare for the birth of her first child. At a scheduled ultrasound, tests showed that her son would be born …
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… lost. The doctor sensed Sathi’s panic. “Don’t worry,” he said. “Take her to Nargis Memorial Hospital. They work with Smile Train to treat babies with clefts. They’ll take good care of her.” Now Doyal, Disha, and Sathi are a happy, smiling … family met Dr. Tarikul Islam. He reassured them that Disha’s cleft was treatable with surgical care. And that, thanks to Smile Train, all of Disha’s care would be free! The news lifted a huge weight off the family. Disha and her family were jumping for joy when they found out about Smile Train! But before Disha could get her first surgery, she’d first need to grow. This proved surprisingly …
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… In fact, another baby with a cleft was born in his village and, at only a few years old, received the care he needed to smile and thrive. Yet even while marveling at this other child’s smile, his father denied one for his own son. That broke Wesley worse than anything that happened at school. Wesley, at … city for cleft treatment. Once again, his initiative was its own luck: Just a few days into his search, he found that Smile Train partner Bela Risu Foundation was holding an outreach day in Kisumu, his city. He signed up on the spot. And …
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… provide their new son with all the cleft treatments he would ever need — all for free — thanks to an organization called Smile Train. Basking in Their New Little Light Mouhamed with Rafiatou The family belongs to a small Muslim community in … beamed with joy at the sight of the new little light in their lives and begged to hold him. Traveling to St. Dominique. Smile Train also sponsors the transportation families need to access care. Two days later, the three of them made their … every other child there was blessed by a double miracle that day: Each was about to be spared that horrid fate because Smile Train’s partners both found their families in time and made treatment possible. But what about those who Smile …
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… the journey. Now she’s dedicated to making the way easier for others Dr. Mayuri Kalyanpad from Maharashtra, India, was a Smile Train patient as a teenager and just became a doctor herself! In honor of International Women’s Day, we asked this … her to speak for the two of us. Changing Tracks It wasn’t until I was in ninth grade that my doctor told my father about Smile Train. I still needed another surgery on my upper lip, so we went to Bembde Hospital, our local Smile Train partner, and were extremely happy with the results and grateful that it was free. Mayuri just before her …