Pakistan May 21, 2024 Cleft Surgery Changed Everything for Sheema, Except One Thing She still cries when she looks in the mirror. But now she does it with lipstick on
Togo Dec 27, 2023 Adjoa Survived to Smile She spent 45 years shackled by her cleft. Now, she feels she can do anything
Mexico Nov 9, 2023 All Carolina Wanted for Christmas was for Alex to Smile Proof that, sometimes, wishes do come true
Egypt Mar 3, 2023 Dr. Sally Adel: High-Achieving Women Can Have It All She’s a mom, professor, MD, speech therapist, swallowing and feeding therapist, and our hero
Togo Dec 28, 2022 “She Is Our Pride and What Gave Us Strength” How a family from rural Togo overcame superstition and fear to get their daughter the care she needed
Togo Oct 13, 2022 Dr. Grégoire Akakpo-Numado: Smile Train’s Model is Life or Death for My Patients To begin a career bringing tears of joy to mothers across Togo, he had to make his father mad first
Egypt Sep 22, 2022 Innovinity Gives Children With Clefts Their Big Breaks Our partners understand that children with clefts need so much more than surgery to thrive
Egypt May 19, 2022 Sama’s Mother Never Gave Up on Her. Neither Will We Where there’s a mother’s love, there’s always hope
Egypt May 13, 2022 Against All Odds, Sondos Designs a Future Nearly starved at birth, orphaned at five, bullied relentlessly, Sondos has survived a lot in nine years. Now she’s ready to thrive
Mexico Mar 18, 2022 Alex and Kendra: Born for Greatness Inspired by their parents and cleft team, this brother and sister have made their clefts their superpower for good
Uganda Mar 15, 2022 Sister Dr. Liliana Najjuka: Miracle Worker, Smile Maker Why Smile Train's local model matters, from one of our most inspiring partners
Uganda Jan 13, 2022 Eric: Hope is the Best Gift of All A cleft mother’s fraught journey to care and dignity for her son and herself