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CLEFT is a charity focused on providing permanent, sustainable ways to improve cleft care in both the UK and overseas. Supporting a variety of projects we are helping improve the lives of people born with clefts in many different ways. Broadly these can be described in two categories:

1. We sponsor research projects in the UK, helping to identify the likely causes of clefts, and to find ways in which to improve the treatment and outcomes for children born with a cleft.
2. We also undertake projects in emerging market countries to support local medical teams to provide long-term treatment and care for people born with clefts. We do this by providing practical teaching in cleft surgery techniques, education on how to provide integrated cleft care, and occasionally vital equipment.

Overall our aim is to improve patient outcomes in the UK and help develop sustainable cleft care systems in countries where they are currently lacking. The emphasis on skill and knowledge transfer means that our overseas projects can develop and grow organically, changing the lives of tens of thousands of adults and children who otherwise would be left disfigured and unable to play a normal role in their society.