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My Marathon Summer
Our Manager of Team EMPOWER reflects on three marathons in three weeks
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Never Sleep on Yohanes
More proof that nothing is stronger than a mother’s love
The Sunrisers Race Towards a New Day for Children with Clefts
If you’re going to travel 4,000 miles to run a marathon, you do it for a cause
![Mariane Goes](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-07/mariane-goes-cleft-week-natal-brazil-day-one.jpg?itok=o-GCw-2-)
Mariane Goes is Teaching the World to Fish
Meet our Director for Education and Training for Latin America and the Caribbean
![Nanette standing in front of her self-portrait, A Lotus Grows in the Mud](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-06/nanette-in-front-a-lotus-grows-in-the-mud.jpg?itok=vzLc6-5G)
Nanette Fluhr: Art as a Medium for Connection
For Nanette, exercising her artistic talent is about making a positive impact in the community.
A Major Change in Children's Surgery
An interview with Smile Train partner Dr Getaw on how Smile Train and Lifebox are making surgery safer for children with clefts
![Ndindai needs cleft lip surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-04/ndindai-before-smile-train-cleft-surgery.jpg?itok=P2o8GDsB)
Out of School and Out of Sight for 17 Years, Ndindai is Now Embracing Life
How one smile can change a life
Damaris is Not an Outcast
After 17 years of exclusion, her new smile helped her community see the truth about clefts.
Kioko Can Finally Leave the Family Farm
After 17 years of isolation, a smile set him free
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At Cleft Con 2021, Vulnerability is Strength
“It's amazing what your cleft journey will do to your life when you embrace it.”