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Guatemala
Looking Back at 25: Esvin
Three years ago, he could barely breathe. Now he takes our breath away
![Wesley smiling, holding a picture of himself before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2024-01/wesley-50.jpg?itok=Qv2y-Za-)
Kenya
Still, Wesley Believed in Himself
Even when the world seemed against him, Wesley clung to hope for his future
Guatemala
Zoe’s Smile Is a “Boundless Joy” for Her Whole Family
And people like you made it possible
Guatemala
With Every Breath, Esvin Defies the Odds
His family thought a child like him could never make it. Then they encountered Smile Train
![Smile Train patient Spelanzia receiving nutritional care](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-09/sipelansia-tanzania-malnutrition-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-tanzania.jpg?itok=hpqdEPMN)
Tanzania
Cleft Nutrition Care Is Saving Lives in Tanzania
When a cleft makes feeding impossible, so is cleft surgery
Kenya
Damaris is Not an Outcast
After 17 years of exclusion, her new smile helped her community see the truth about clefts
![Benjamin thinking in a field in Kenya after his Smile Train-sponsored cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-10/benjamin-k-thinks-outside-after-free-smile-train-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-kenya.jpg?itok=-d4oDesF)
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Zimbabwe
Rosemary Has Something to Tell You
A patient’s mother speaks from the hospital.
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Zimbabwe
Getting Munashe Back
“I can’t find the words to express the joy I have in my heart for what Smile Train did for our child.”
![Smile Train patient Demaris from Kenya holds a picture of herself before her free cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-07/damaris-holding-photo-before-free-smile-train-cleft-lip-cleft-palate-surgery-kenya.jpg?itok=g5glTJIO)
Kenya
Determined Damaris
Even when the whole world seemed against her, Damaris persisted. And won.
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