CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF SMILES

Experience the impact your support has made on patients and families around the world over the past 20 years.

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A Single, Solvable Problem

Many children around the world are living with untreated clefts. Most have difficulties eating, breathing, hearing, and speaking.

What is Cleft?

200,000+

new babies with clefts born every year globally.

$250

can cover the cost of cleft surgery.

minutes can change a child’s life forever.

Give Every Child the Chance to Smile

Smile Train is an international children’s charity that supports 100%-free cleft repair surgery and comprehensive cleft care for children globally. Our sustainable model empowers local medical professionals to provide cleft care in their own communities.

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Sustainable Model

We use the "teach a man to fish" model focusing on training local doctors to perform cleft repair surgery and provide comprehensive cleft care in their own communities. Those doctors then go on to train other doctors creating a long-term, sustainable system.

Comprehensive Care

Every child with a cleft needs more than just surgery — they may also need dental care, orthodontics, and speech therapy. Where these services are available, we do everything we can to provide them to our patients.

Our Impact

As a result of our efficiency, Smile Train has supported more than 1.5 million cleft surgeries since 1999. Every 5 Minutes Smile Train-supported cleft treatment helps a child in need.