Adriel
Smile Train
Andrea da costa's failing health kept her from giving permission for her son's cleft surgery, so a plan was made — videotape her plea, asking smile train's local partner surgeon to provide her son with a forever smile.
Meet Adriel
Since Adriel’s mother was unable to leave the family home, he spent much of his youth going up and down the streets of Brejo dos Santos, Brazil on his bicycle. Over the years, a few of the town’s shop owners were won over by Adriel’s warm personality and they took him in as an extension of their own families. Adriel has friends and people who care for him – but his greatest wish of cleft surgery remains unfulfilled.