Cleft Awareness Programme at Gulliver Preparatory School in Miami, Florida

In April, the Operation Smile Club at Gulliver Preparatory School in Miami, Florida held a cleft awareness campaign at school. All of the club members used bandanas or scarves to cover up their faces for a day.

Many children, young adults, and adults around the world affected with clefts experience shame and isolation because of their facial deformity. They often cover their faces their faces when they go out in public. This campaign raises awareness of what cleft patients have to go through in their daily lives.