| 10 Patient Stories That Will Make You Smile. |
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Over the past eight years, we have provided free cleft surgery for over 300,000 children.
These children were suffering not because they were born with a cleft, but because they were born too poor
to ever afford surgery.
Being born with a cleft in a developing country is truly a curse. In fact, every baby born in Uganda with a cleft
is given the name Ajok which means literally, “cursed by God.” And no one knows how many newborns with clefts are killed or abandoned right after birth.
And the ones who are lucky enough to find a Smile Train free cleft surgery program, not only survive, they thrive. After a 45 minute surgery hands them back their future, and a second chance at life that they never thought they'd get. |
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