Meet Nigeria's Sing and Smile Club
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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.
Empowering Cleft Moms in Nigeria
First it was their children. Now, Smile Train partner GSI is giving cleft moms unimagined opportunity, too.
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All Aboard for Healthy Smiles
With GSK, we're providing oral health training to support children with clefts.
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Building Capacity Through Education
How Dr. Aliyu Farinyaro and Dr. Amaka Ehighibe are Leading the Way
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Determined Damaris
Even when the whole world seemed against her, Damaris persisted. And won.
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Annointed for Greatness
The story of a cleft mother’s bravery, in her own words.
Bringing Smiles to the Amazon with Yaçuri
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A Walk to Freedom
Nkunda had to hide in the bushes on his journey to school every day. Something needed to be done.
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It’s Never Too Late to Dream
Maria has been waiting for cleft surgery since 1953. When the opportunity came, her son wanted her to pass.
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A Smile That Brightens And Enlightens
Ayubu's classmates harassed him relentlessly for years because of a local myth about clefts. When he was 10 years old, his mother heard there was hope at a hospital less than an hour away.