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… Eight Years Later, Osawa is Still Smiling Eight Years Later, Osawa is Still Smiling Smile Train’s 1 millionth patient now aspires to be a doctor himself When Osawa was born with a cleft, his family was … father, Owiti All that suddenly changed when, after six years of searching, his father at last discovered a solution —Smile Train. Within a few days, Smile Train sent a jeep to Osawa’s village to whisk him away to the free cleft surgery awaiting him many hours away at …
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… Giving Children with Clefts Their Smiles Back in Tanzania Giving Children with Clefts Their Smiles Back in Tanzania A peek at just some of the lifesaving work Smile Train makes possible each day In much of the world, babies with clefts are caught in a vicious cycle: their clefts …
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… It Starts with a Smile: Osawa It Starts with a Smile: Osawa Checking in with our 1,000,000th patient. In honor of our 20th Anniversary, we caught up with some former patients to learn how their lives have changed since their Smile Train-supported cleft surgery. In the first video in the series, we learn that the formerly shy and reclusive Osawa …
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… 2025 TCS London Marathon 2025 TCS London Marathon Register for the 2025 TCS London Marathon with Smile Train today and secure your spot! … Register for the 2025 TCS London Marathon with Smile Train today and secure your spot! … 2025 TCS London Marathon …
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… Why Children Need Their Own Operating Rooms Why Children Need Their Own Operating Rooms Smile Train and KidsOR are teaming up to make pediatric surgery safer and more accessible in Tanzania's Lake Zone. At Bugando Medical Centre (BMC), a Smile Train partner in Mwanza, Tanzania, the waiting room is always bustling, and this Wednesday was no exception. For … surgery. He will be among the first to receive surgery in BMC's newly renovated pediatric operating room supported by Smile Train and Kids Operating Room (KidsOR). At BMC, a dedicated pediatric operating room had been sorely needed. BMC …
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… Cleft 2022: Collaboration, Compassion, Excellence Cleft 2022: Collaboration, Compassion, Excellence Smile Train brought 200+ medical partners from 46+ countries to the world’s largest cleft conference in Edinburgh, United … cities, Edinburgh. This prestigious gathering, the largest of its kind, takes place every four years, and this year Smile Train was the proud Premier Sponsor. Smile Train supported more than 400 of our medical partners from 50+ countries to attend the conference virtually and in …
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… | 8 Months Later Just eight months after cleft surgery, this once shy boy is no longer afraid of anything. One year ago, Smile Train was able to give its millionth smile to Osawa, a shy, alienated little boy from a remote village in Tanzania. Since his surgery, Osawa's life has been transformed. With a shining new smile, Osawa is able to eat properly and has a newly found sense of self-confidence. … Just eight months after cleft …
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… born with a cleft. She wanted to share her story with you, including why she’s so thrilled about getting involved with Smile Train. As we work to #InspireInclusion this International Women’s Day, Em inspires us each day as proof that there’s nothing women with clefts can’t achieve. Smile Train is very close to my heart... and face! I had my first cleft surgery when I was 10 days old. Can you imagine … and made me stronger and prouder of who I am than ever before. I had another surgery at 18, where they aimed to build my smile up to have more of a ‘cupid’s bow’ at the top and fill in the little gap I still had when I closed my mouth. It is …
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… local medical professionals around the world to provide the full spectrum of cleft treatment in their own communities, Smile Train is uniquely positioned to make free, lifesaving cleft nutritional care available 24/7 to all in need. We have … children would not have made it. But today, they are all thriving and smiling. All because people like you donated to Smile Train and saved their lives . Prisca When Prisca was born, her family was shocked; they had never seen anyone with … took notice and informed the family Prisca could receive all the care she needed for free at Bugando Medical Centre, a Smile Train partner in the city of Mwanza. That very moment, her parents put her on a bike and pedaled for more than an …
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… care to repair Yusufa’s cleft was impossible. Yet for Yusufa, his dreams would come true when his family heard about Smile Train and our local in-country partners in Tanzania. Yusufa was able to receive the free cleft surgery he so … his family financially and provide his girlfriend with something priceless: an endless supply of kisses. Help advance Smile Train's lifesaving work around the world. Donate now … His Wish For A Kiss … Yusufa's Story …