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Opeyemi: Families, Like Smiles, Come in Many Forms
His father abandoned the family when he was born with a cleft. His mother never stopped trying to make him smile
Romania
Ionut: Separation, Isolation… Then a Smile
A mother manages cleft care through quarantine
Uganda
Eric: Hope is the Best Gift of All
A cleft mother’s fraught journey to care and dignity for her son and herself
Kenya
Damaris is Not an Outcast
After 17 years of exclusion, her new smile helped her community see the truth about clefts.
Cameroon
A Son’s Cleft, a Father’s Destiny
How Mouhamed’s cleft might forever change cleft care in Cameroon
Kenya
Vivian Exemplifies Beauty Inside and Out
When Vivian started school, the kids laughed at her so much she didn't want to live. Then she met someone who told her she should become a model.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
A Walk to Freedom
Nkunda had to hide in the bushes on his journey to school every day. Something needed to be done.
Kenya
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.