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New Choc CEO's dedication to helping children in need

New Choc CEO's dedication to helping children in need
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Going for gold against childhood cancer

Going for gold against childhood cancer
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Born with a cleft palate: A guide to recovery from psychosomatic scars.


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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 Port Elizabeth, she had no idea that he was going to be born with a cleft lip and palate. “The moment Jacky saw her baby...

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Smile Foundation ups psychosocial support for families


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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 ‘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 News on the added psychosocial support as 22 minors undergo reconstructive surgery at the Universitas Academic Hospital in Bloemfontein this week.

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