CHICAGO (CBS)-- Nandini Arakoni, 15, is a Freshman at Metea Valley High School. She was born with a cleft lip but says she was lucky to get it fixed with only a small scar. "I'm pretty fortunate I ...

While every charm bracelet 15-year-olds Nandini Arakoni and Sanjana Gangadharan make is a unique item, there are a few things they all have in common. “We always use a heart to show love,” Arakoni ...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- Two Naperville teenagers are creating charm bracelets to raise money for their charity, which helps children around the world who need cleft repair surgeries. Side By Side ...

Around one in 700 babies worldwide are born with a cleft lip or palate. However, many parents and carers have little idea of how clefts affect children’s ability to make speech sounds and learn ...

John Blankenship will have another surgery next summer to close the hole in the roof of his mouth. His family is so grateful ...