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__Our Concerns__ to see how kids get cleft palate; I saw a magazine with pictures of kids with cleft palate and it made me sad; my baby cousin has it; I wanted to see if I could help the kids who have cleft palate; I know an older kid at the skatepark, who has cleft palate and has never had surgery- this made me curious about the birth defect

__Our Research__ We have researched by looking at kids with cleft palate and cleft lip; we have researched foundations that help with this birth defect; we have also done some basic research on the kinds, treatments, causes, and how to help those with cleft lip and palate.

__Our Action Project__ One foundation we researched is called Smile Train. Their missions are to teach doctors in places like Africa, Asia, Central America and South America (77 third world countries) how to do the cleft lip and palate surgeries and to eradicate cleft palate among children worldwide. We want to write letters to businesses to raise money to send to Smile Train so we can help and be part of their mission and help the children. We might also donate to the American Cleft Palate Foundation, a foundation that supplies cleft palate children with teddy bears they can relate to (these bears have stitched lips). We have bin sending leters to campanys or stores that we think that we think could help us.We have been sending letters and someone just send us a lettter and some money for the fundation we will be donating to.we also hope that more people or companys will donate to Smile Trian wich is the company that we will be donating to.

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