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United States
Voices From the First-Ever In-Person Cleft Con
“It truly felt like we all needed it — as though it fed our souls”
![Azza smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-09/azza-smiling-innovinity-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-egypt.jpg?itok=1jVt9oj_)
Egypt
Innovinity Gives Children With Clefts Their Big Breaks
Our partners understand that children with clefts need so much more than surgery to thrive
![Miranda picking strawberries with her step-children](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-09/lisa-boucher-miranda-50.jpg?itok=8mxf6UpB)
United States
Reflections from Lisa Boucher, RN and Cleft Mom
“It was unnerving at first to sit holding my infant in a small room surrounded by physicians. The only thing missing was a spotlight.”
Kenya
A Life-Changing Transformation
Christine Errico’s cleft journey inspires advocacy at home and abroad
![Nathalie as a girl](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-08/nathalie-martinez-cleft-lip-palate-community-girl-50.jpg?itok=tpanAGTP)
United States
Nathalie Martinez is Using Her Voice to Make Cleft Treatment More Accessible
A powerful reminder that there’s no such thing as “normal”
![Mariane Goes](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-07/mariane-goes-cleft-week-natal-brazil-day-one.jpg?itok=9k1pkz-n)
Brazil
Mariane Goes is Teaching the World to Fish
Meet our Director for Education and Training for Latin America and the Caribbean
![Teresa at 11 years old](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-07/teresa-eleven-years-old_2.jpg?itok=zYDB7bBl)
United States
Teresa Bridges: Love Yourself and Respect Others
There is nothing more important for parents to teach.
![Tara Blanco](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-07/tara-today-header.jpg?itok=f-ak2qBR)
United States
Tara Blanco: "Whatever Your Kid Dreams Of Being, They Can Still Be That."
How this speech therapist is using her experiences to pave the way for children with clefts.
Indonesia
Urvashi Rautela Meets Smile Train Patients and Partners in Bali
The Bollywood influencer never imagined how deeply children in Bali would influence her
![Dr. Maria Campodónico, a pediatric dentist at Fundación Gantz, makes a heart with her hands](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-06/amaro-maria-campodonico-pediatric-dentist-fundacion-gantz-free-cleft-lip-cleft-palate-surgery-chile-smile-train.jpg?itok=IBF14cpT)
United States
Five Myths About Clefts That Couldn't Be More Wrong
Fact: A cleft is never anyone's fault and often requires a lifetime of comprehensive treatment
![Lifebox Pulse ox](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-07/lifebox.png?itok=2-ulYAtR)
Kenya
Announcing the Lifebox-Smile Train Pulse Oximeter
11,000 new devices will save lives