Good Smile Africa
Good Smile Africa Advocacy Initiative is a Non-Governmental organization that offers free Cleft lip and palate surgeries to individuals born with such congenital deformities with the aim of putting smiles on them and their parents and thus help to abort/minimize the sociocultural inequalities such people go through because of the misconception that the condition is evil spirit.
Training
Good smile africa provides important training and education.
Technology
Good smile africa has played a vital role in developing some of the most cutting-edge advances in cleft care.
Equipment
Good smile africa’s support has been used to fund equipment and supplies that are essential to safe.
Good Smile Africa is Changing Lives
What are cleft lips and palates?
A cleft occurs when certain body parts and structures do not fuse together during fetal development.
How common are clefts?
There are varying opinions on the actual incidence of clefts, but most experts agree that, in part, it depends on ethnicity.
Can clefts be treated?
Reconstructive surgery for clefts has evolved over more than half a century, and today’s techniques and procedures have come a long way.
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Surgical treatment of the cleft lip/ palate and other related Oro-facial birth defect.
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Create awareness on the prevention and treatment of cleft lip/ palate and other Oro-facial birth defect.
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Increase individuals, communities and government aware of the challenges faced by the cleft persons.
Good Smile Africa Advocacy Initiative.
The cleft child and parent suffered stigmatization, discrimination, sociocultural in-equities, rejection, bullied and isolation by neighbors. Such myths and community scorn results in improper up bring of the child, low self-esteem, high school drop-out.