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Who We Are
Smile Train is the world’s largest cleft charity. Our sustainable model provides training, funding, and resources to empower local medical professionals to provide 100%-free cleft repair surgery and comprehensive cleft care in their own communities.
Smile Train is dedicated to generating awareness of the issues faced by children living with untreated clefts around the world. To read more about how Smile Train is changing the world one smile at a time, feel free to browse through some of our press coverage below.
Smile Train News
Smile Train News
Smile Train and the entire cleft community mourn the loss of Dr. Hirji S. Adenwalla, a truly heroic...
Around the world, COVID-19 has forced many hospitals to postpone scheduled procedures as they care...
Earlier this year, Miss Egypt 2019 Diana Hamid visited Mabaret Al-Asafra West Hospital,...
Storz, the world’s leading endoscope manufacturer, has donated three nasoendoscopes to Smile Train...
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Smile Train In The News
Smile Train In The News
Nkeiruka Obi, Banker Turned Champion Of Children With Clefts...
Nkeiruka Obi shares her story about leaving the...
Smile Train partners with UC Santa Cruz researchers on speec...
Smile Train partners with UC Santa Cruz on speech...
Meet the Woman Changing West and Central Africa, One Child...
Nkeiruka Obi left her high-powered job as a...
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Latest Press Releases
Latest Press Releases
Smile Train, the world’s largest cleft organization, is partnering with the World Health Organization (WHO) to bring the healing power of art to Peru. Through the Art Impact 4 Health initiative, an incubator initiative from the WHO Director-General, the WHO works with healthcare facilities in developing countries to help enable healing, communication and improved psychosocial well-being and Health for All in practice through engaging art and community activities.
Smile Train announced the addition of four new members to its Medical Advisory Board – Dr. Nivaldo Alonso, Dr. Catherine Crowley, Dr. Fernando Molina and Dr. Peter Mossey.
Smile Train Vice President and Regional Director for Africa Dr. Esther Njoroge-Muriithi has been selected to serve as an Advisory Group Member for the Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (CSEM) for UHC2030.