After his most major surgery related to his cleft, our Founder, Henry Baddour, searched for a resource for people like him but he came up empty. All he found were resources for parents of children affected but nothing for those children when they grew up. In that moment, he knew he had to do something because he didn't want anyone else to feel the same way he did. He decided he would name the organization CleftProud because he not only wanted to bring people together but wanted to empower them as well. Since 2015, CleftProud has grown to be the largest resource of its kind with over 90,000 members in more than 100 countries!