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The Smile Foundation is upping psychosocial support for the parents of children living with facial abnormalities, who are undergoing reconstructive surgery in different parts of the country in 2021.
The organisation has introduced a support group for parents known as âCleft Friendsâ, which aims to have mothers speak on their respective experiences caring for children with facial abnormalities and possibly help others in the process. The Smile Foundationâs Operations Executive Director, Moira Gerszt, spoke to OFM News on the added psychosocial support as 22 minors undergo reconstructive surgery at the Universitas Academic Hospital in Bloemfontein this week.