Our Stories

Mathias Kiwanuka knows the true meaning of greatness.

Dr. Ingrid Leal lends her expertise to improve nutrition programs in the Philippines

A conversation with one of our heroes.

A mother’s account of her child’s journey to cleft care in her own words.

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While other cleft organizations’ operations were indefinitely suspended or severely cut back, Smile Train was able to keep moving.

Adriana is bringing nutrition education to cleft-affected families across Peru.

Adahara knew she was lucky to receive all the cleft treatment she needed from an early age. She's training to become a Smile Train partner because she knows not every child with a cleft is so lucky.

An interview with Dr. Esther Njoroge-Muriithi.

She's 36 years old, a mother of four, Zambia's first female plastic surgeon, and a Smile Train partner. Here's how she does it all.

How Smile Train helped a girl who nearly didn't survive infancy grow to become queen of the rink.

Thanks to Dr. Cuadros — and Smile Train — having a cleft on the Navajo reservations of New Mexico is no longer a sentence to a life of isolation and sickness.