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Pikari Inc.

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Tears of Joy

Mothers like Nury feel helpless when safe and affordable surgery isn’t available for their children. Nury’s fear of what her daughter’s future would hold is why our comprehensive care centers are so essential to our work. They give us the opportunity to treat children year-round…

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Elisa

Jean and Sidonie had little hope of a healthy future for their two-year old daughter Elisa. Born with a cleft lip and cleft palate, Elisa’s family was overjoyed to learn…

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New Smiles in Bolivia

When Maria Belen was born in Bolivia with a cleft lip and cleft palate, her mother was surprised. She didn’t know anything about cleft conditions. As a single mother and…

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Beaming with Joy

Honoré was born in Madagascar with a cleft lip and cleft palate to caring parents who wanted nothing but the best for him. “Children were afraid of him,” his mother,…

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Surgery Changes Lives

For Yoel and Yeli, theirs was a future full of uncertainty. Leaving their home in Venezuela, the family made their way to Peru searching for a new life. They were…

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Leasy’s Resilience

Sweet Leasy was born with a cleft lip and palate in Toamasina, Madagascar. His grandmother, Jeanette, has been a pillar of support and care for him since. “He was so…

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