At 31 years previous, Ephraim is happy with the life he has constructed for his household.
He and his girlfriend, Ldaudzine, are elevating their two sons, Nkhosama and Tawananyasha, in Centurion, South Africa, the place he works at a pure gasoline firm.
Ephraim was born with a cleft lip. Regardless of enduring vicious teasing and bullying that led to him depart college at age 7, he has grown to simply accept himself within the years since. All through that point and for many of his grownup life, he’s develop into accustomed to being identified and laughed at in public. All of the whereas, nobody ever advised Ephraim that surgical procedure might restore his cleft situation. It wasn’t till August 2015 that he discovered of this chance – and that surgical procedure could possibly be offered free of charge.
An unknown gentleman visited Ephraim’s office and advised him about a corporation named Operation Smile, which offers free cleft surgical procedures. The type stranger left the cellphone quantity for Operation Smile South Africa. The decision would show to be life-changing. Ephraim discovered a few surgical program that was going down the subsequent month in Mbombela.
Ephraim’s pleasure was solely tempered by the seven-hour bus journey he needed to take alone. As soon as he arrived on the surgical program website, he noticed so many different individuals who regarded similar to him.
After Operation Smile medical volunteers performed a complete well being analysis to find out if he was wholesome sufficient for surgical procedure, all Ephraim might do was wait to see if he can be cleared and scheduled for an operation. The following morning, he discovered his surgical procedure was scheduled for that very day. Thrilled, Ephraim known as Ldaudzine to ship the excellent news and discovered that she would make the journey to Mbombela after his process to accompany him again dwelling.
