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When a child is born you expect that child to be completely healthy. In reality we know that there is a chance that it could be born with serious health issues that can affect them greatly through their life. According to the World Encyclopedia, one out of every seven hundred mothers around the world receive the news that their child has a cleft lip. Cleft lips are openings or splits in the upper lip. A more serious form is cleft palate. A cleft palate is an opening or split in the upper roof of the mouth. This occurs in about one out of every two thousand five hundred births. In developed countries the surgery to correct the cleft lip/palate is a simple surgery that is relatively inexpensive. However in underdeveloped countries the surgery is virtually impossible since there are not many surgeons and they do not have the money for the surgery to be completed. To help solve this problem a non profit organization called the Smile Train was developed. The smile train travels to remote parts of the world to help the children living with this humiliating deformity live normal lives. The...

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