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… A Virtual Journey Of Smiles To Africa A Virtual Journey of Smiles to Africa Smile Train staff in Africa are ready to show you the impact of your support. Going into 2020, Smile Train looked …
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… Advocating for Universal Health Coverage An interview with Dr. Esther Njoroge-Muriithi . Dr. Esther Njoroge-Muriithi is Smile Train’s Vice President and Regional Director for Africa and an Advisory Board Member of the UHC2030 Civil Society … so in honor of International Women’s Day, we caught up with our hero to learn how she does it. Where did you hear about Smile Train? I heard about Smile Train for the very first time in 2008 when I met Smile Train’s then-Director for Africa. … children need surgical interventions in a safe environment. It’s up to us in the know to keep educating the decision-makers— the politicians — on the paramount importance of investing in surgery for children. How have you seen advocacy …
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… A Smile That Brightens And Enlightens A Smile That Brightens And Enlightens Ayubu's classmates harassed him relentlessly for years because of a local myth about … Ayubu kept to himself. When Ayubu was 10, a family friend told Wairema help was available less than an hour away, at a Smile Train partner hospital in nearby Migori. She was skeptical but decided to take the chance. It was the right …
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… Journey of Smiles Kenya 2021 Smile Train Journey of Smiles to Kenya November 18-23, 2021 Smile Train is a global charity that empowers local medical professionals to provide free cleft surgery and comprehensive …
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… Benjamin’s Smile Has Overcome the Unimaginable Benjamin’s Smile Has Overcome the Unimaginable And he’s only four years old. Benjamin was born in his family’s tiny home in a small … Then, when Benjamin was four years old, his parents visited a hospital where they were warmly welcomed and told about Smile Train. The promise of free cleft treatment seemed too good to be true, and at first, it seemed it was. The nearest …
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… Smile Train Regional Update: Africa Smile Train Regional Update: Africa Our VP and Regional Director for Africa on our local response to COVID-19. Across … and hospitals work to stay ahead of COVID-19. Dr. Esther Nyambura Njoroge, Vice President and Regional Director for Smile Train Africa, shares an update on how Smile Train is continuing to support and empower our partners in Africa – and …
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… Announcing the Lifebox-Smile Train Pulse Oximeter Announcing the Lifebox-Smile Train Pulse Oximeter 11,000 new devices will save lives Today we launch the Lifebox-Smile Train pulse oximeter with our long-standing partner Lifebox to scale up access to pulse oximetry for anesthesia and …
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… An Inspirational Journey to Kenya An Inspirational Journey to Kenya Supporters experience Smile Train in action In November 2021, Smile Train invited supporters on a Journey of Smiles to Kenya to connect with children, parents, and communities whose lives have been forever changed thanks in part …
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… Years, Ndindai is Now Embracing Life Out of School and Out of Sight for 17 Years, Ndindai is Now Embracing Life How one smile can change a life Ndindai is a 20-year-old member of the nomadic Maasai tribe of Kenya. She is the eighth child of … met a man who said he had a cleft, but it was healed for free at their county hospital thanks to an organization called Smile Train. She couldn't believe it; this man's smile lit up the neighborhood and he seemed perfectly healthy. She took her granddaughter and left for the hospital that …
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… Kioko Can Finally Leave the Family Farm Kioko Can Finally Leave the Family Farm After 17 years of isolation, a smile set him free Kioko’s large family lives on a farm that is remote even by the standards of rural Kenya. They never … before cleft surgery When the first day of school finally arrived, the other children took one look at his different smile and ridiculed him without mercy. He came home that day traumatized and in tears. The next day was even worse, and … his head to hide his face. Then, one day in 2019, a neighbor told his parents that he heard an organization called Smile Train was offering free cleft surgeries from local Kenyan doctors at nearby Makueni County Hospital. The family …
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… Damaris is Not an Outcast Damaris is Not an Outcast After 17 years of exclusion, her new smile helped her community see the truth about clefts When Damaris was born with a cleft, some local women informed her … Then, when Damaris was one month shy of turning 17, her mother heard over the radio that an organization called Smile Train was sponsoring free cleft surgeries from local doctors at their nearest hospital. Mary thought she must have … a chance. By the end of that week, Damaris' life — and her community — would never be the same. That's the power of a smile. Help us transform lives in 70+ countries. Donate now … After 17 years of exclusion, her new smile helped her …
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… A Life-Changing Transformation Christine Errico’s cleft journey inspires advocacy at home and abroad As a member of Smile Train’s Cleft Community Advisory Council (CCAC) , Christine Errico says, “I always feel heard. They got my trust from day one.” The council is an integral part of Smile Train’s work to advance awareness of clefts and engage the US cleft community. It is a community that Christine … almost never learned she was missing. Christine Errico (middle, blue) with other participants on the 2021 Journey of Smiles to Kenya, visiting the Makueni County Hospital in Nairobi. Discouraged from acknowledging and asking about her …