To guide Global Smile Foundation (GSF) efforts towards empowering international sustainable cleft care in resource-limited regions of the world, we have proposed a novel Sustainability Road Map based on the GSF experience. This road map focuses on the standardization...
Ezequiel may be one of the most smiley patients in the history of GSF. This little cutie came to the March 2020 mission in Ecuador for a cleft lip surgery and charmed everyone he met with his sweet smile. He recently celebrated his first birthday and we hope to see...
Above: Dr. Serena Kassam and Ricky, a patient from Ecuador. Global Smile Foundation (GSF) is proud to share that Dr. Serena Kassam has been nominated for the 2021 Women of Distinction Award in the Health/Wellbeing category from the YWCA of Vancouver. The Award...
We are excited to share this update from Matias and his family. You may remember their story from 2019, when Matias and his Mom came to Guayaquil, Ecuador to meet our volunteers. Matias had a severe cleft lip and palate that required complex surgery, but he was...
Building sustainable capacity for interdisciplinary cleft care in low to middle income countries (LMICs) has been part of GSF’s work from the beginning. Our volunteers routinely provide education and training on every mission, and year-round cleft care centers...
