Magaly is the mother of David, age five, a Smile Train patient in Quito, Ecuador. She shared with us her sonās journey to cleft care and what Smile Train has meant for her entire family.
Neilsen helped a mission organization that flew doctors into Madagascar to provide cleft care, but he knew local doctors were as capable as those flying in.
Doha is ready for her next big challenge ā building an infrastructure for sustainable, local cleft care in her native country as Smile Trainās first regional director for Morocco.
Aldrian weighed just over 3 lb. when was born and couldn't feed because of his cleft. It fell to his grandmother to keep him alive and get him healthy enough for surgery.