by Heléna Cullis | May 22, 2020 | Newsletter
Donate a special Feeding Baby Bottle from The Smile Foundation: https://smilefoundationsa.org/shop/special-feeding-baby-bottle/
by Heléna Cullis | Aug 9, 2019 | Newsletter
This post is dedicated to all the Cleft Friends support moms – Happy Women’s Day. Thanks for choosing to use your cleft stories to reach out and make a difference in South Africa. Together we have 184 years’ of lived cleft experience and 74 surgeries as moms with a...
by Heléna Cullis | Aug 7, 2019 | Newsletter
Ella before op “I was also sweating bullets knowing she would want a bottle and it would be hellish but she charmed all the nurses instead and was a happy little chappy! Sometimes we underestimate them and their incredible strength & resilience 😇” Candy –...
by Heléna Cullis | Jul 15, 2019 | Newsletter
This story was sent to by a resilient mom, Teressa, who resides in Knysna, Western Cape. “The day I found out I was pregnant, I bought a pair of baby socks on my way home from work. I gave it to my husband at dinner time and we were very excited. I had a great...
by Heléna Cullis | Jul 9, 2019 | Newsletter
Before and after surgery pics of HamzaPhoto Cred: Nasreen (Hamza’s mom) This story was sent to us by one of the loveliest moms in our cleft community in Port Elizabeth. “Life played out differently despite being diagnosed with Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...
by Heléna Cullis | May 31, 2019 | Newsletter
LTR: Lynette Dean, Heléna Cullis & Sarah Barnes This announcement is bitter sweet for me to write and comes at a time where Cleft Friends moves into double digits. Sarah Barnes is handing over the role of Clinical Advisory for Cleft Friends a project of Smile...