Transforming Cleft

Founded in 1999, Transforming Cleft is a charity based in Toronto, Canada working on health, children & youth, disability.

Transforming Cleft is a Toronto-based registered charity that funds comprehensive cleft care for children and families born with cleft lip and palate in under-resourced communities. It works through a network of more than 25 local health-team partners across four continents, supporting multi-disciplinary care from parent support and infant nutrition to surgery and post-surgical rehabilitation. The charity also promotes inclusion for children with cleft at home, at school and in the community, and publishes annual impact reports and audited financial statements. It was founded in 1999 after work on a project with Lokmanya Tilak Hospital in India.