Journey of Smiles El Salvador 2025

Trip Details

• Location: San Salvador, El Salvador
• Dates: April 26-29, 2025
• Registration Cost: $850 per traveler, with a $150 single supplement
• Registration Deadline: January 17, 2025

Smile Train in El Salvador

Smile Train established its first hospital partnership in El Salvador in 2007. Since then, our local medical partners there have provided 300+ free, high-quality cleft surgeries. We currently partner with 10 Salvadoran cleft practitioners working at two local hospitals.

Partner Hospital Visits

Smile Train’s medical partners around the world provide free, safe, and quality cleft care for people in need. During a Journey of Smiles, participants visit local partner hospitals, meet with members of the cleft team, and encounter the lifesaving work their donations make possible.

Patient Home Visit

When a child receives cleft surgery, the benefits ripple across their entire community. Participants on this Journey of Smiles will have the opportunity to visit the home of a Smile Train patient and their family, where they will hear, in their own words, the impact Smile Train has had on their lives.

Itinerary

• Saturday, April 26: Arrive in San Salvador, check into hotel, enjoy a traditional group welcome dinner at the San Salvador volcano.
• Sunday, April 27: Morning patient home visit followed by a tour and class at the Fernando Llort workshop. Dinner near the hotel.
• Monday, April 28: Visit Smile Train partners Hospital Nacional de Niños Benjamin Bloom and Maxillofacial Orthodontics and Orthopeadics Clinic. San Salvador downtown walking tour followed by a farewell dinner.
• Tuesday, April 29: Departures or extensions

*Subject to change

Space is limited and preference will be given to first-time Journey of Smiles attendees.

To register, please contact Adina Lescher, VP, Community Development at [email protected] or 646.829.0980.