title: Transforming Faces
text: # Transforming Faces
  
  Transforming Faces (TF) is a Canadian-based charity that provides comprehensive cleft care for children born with cleft lip and palate.
  
  ## History
  
  Jackie Elton, a UK-based businesswoman, and Jo Jamieson, a Canadian international development worker, founded the organization in Toronto, Ontario in 1999.
  
  ## Areas of operation
  
  Transforming Faces partners with local medical teams in: Argentina, Costa Rica, Chile, Ethiopia, India, Myanmar, Peru, Thailand, and Uganda.
  
  ## Financial information
  
  Transforming Faces is a registered Canadian charity with the Canada Revenue Agency.
  
  