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Tears ran down Verushka Visagie’s face as she recalled the life-altering moment on July 25 2020 when her then 12-year-old son, happily playing with a kite, nearly died.

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PREMIUM! A closeup of the lips of baby with lip and palate cleft before and after surgery. PIcture: iStock It is said first impressions are formed in microseconds and for parents to be handed their newborn child with a cleft lip or palate is a shock which never truly goes away. Fortunately, in modern times, parents are not alone any more, with support groups a vital lifeline for parents and peers of children with cleft lips and palates. When Jacky Engela gave birth to her baby boy at Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha, formerly...

───   OLEBOGENG MOTSE 16:00 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 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 ‘Cleft Friends’, 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 Foundation’s Operations Executive Director, Moira Gerszt, spoke to OFM New...