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… Sokim: A Moment of Panic, a Lifetime of Smiles Sokim: A Moment of Panic, a Lifetime of Smiles Your support for Smile Train heals patients’ parents and communities, too Sovann and Soy commuted 70 miles each way to Phnom Penh every …
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… Girl When Samnang was born with a cleft, her parents felt overwhelmed. But a midwife reassured them that, thanks to Smile Train, they had nothing to fear. Soaey’s father wouldn’t let her see her baby after she was born. He feared the … help her. It was overwhelming, but the midwife told her not to worry because she knew an organization that would help — Smile Train. The baby was sent to Smile Train’s partner hospital in nearby Kandal, Cambodia before she even had a name. “We were in such a rush to have her …
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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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… told the family about a hospital in nearby Takmao that performed free cleft surgeries every day of the year thanks to Smile Train and its model of empowering local healthcare workers in their own hospitals. A short while later, Sel received a Smile Train-sponsored surgery to heal his cleft lip. About a year later — when his doctors determined the time was right … his baby pictures in the hopes that when he passes a child with a cleft, he won’t show them pity, he’ll show them to Smile Train. Help us provide all children with the cleft surgery they need to thrive and build up healthcare capacity in …