![Habeeba's family holds image of her before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/habeeba-family-hold-before-image_0.jpg?itok=ZLeorNaU)
A Father In Disbelief
When Habeeba was born, the doctor gasped and told her mother, Ahlam, he'd never seen a baby like her before.
![Violet with her mom](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/violet-with-mom.jpg?itok=KIBO82bf)
![Gyln harper](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-11/gyln-harper-header.jpg?itok=7jh5RLhT)
![livingstone in class holding before image](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-03/livingstone-with-friends-after-cleft-lip-cleft-palate-treatment.jpg?itok=FaFXg86e)
Livingstone Clings to Life
Cleft surgery was only one piece of Livingstone's journey from malnourished baby to star of his village.
![Anees](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-11/anees-after-surgery_0.jpg?itok=y_qDx2v4)
![St Faith students](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-11/st-faith-students.jpg?itok=TkW4niaa)
St Faith’s School
Celebrates Kindness, Friendship, And Giving Back This World Smile Day®
![Cristian with dog](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/cristiang-w-dog.jpg?itok=zBHvC1e8)
Healing Heartbreak with a Smile (Dogs Help, Too)
Angelica was 15 years old, single, and had just given birth to a baby with a cleft. All she knew about clefts was how she had seen people with them harassed without mercy. But she promised to never give up on the little life before her.
![Kamse before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/kamse-before-cleft-surgery.jpg?itok=gx6GwXd2)
A Student Of Resiliency
Kamse was excited for his first day of school, but, when the day finally came, he was taunted all day long. Kamse ran home and begged his grandfather never to make him go back.
![Koko before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/koko-before-cleft-surgery.jpg?itok=kKooKCrz)
![Howe sisters hugging](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/howe-family-sisters.jpg?itok=066R6UMQ)
![Rawda with a Cleft Lip](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/rawda-with-a-cleft-lip.jpg?itok=aCtshKtY)
A Deafening Silence For Initissar
"We would sell everything we owned to get Rawda's lip treated as soon as possible — nothing is going to stop us."