Our Stories

He didn’t speak until he was 18. Now, people flock to hear him talk.

A mother’s first-person account.

After experiencing some of the lowest depths imaginable, Anghelo and his family now celebrate their miraculous lives.

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

The cleft hotline, sponsored by GSK, is saving lives every day.

Our VP and Regional Director for Asia on our local response to COVID-19.

A boy from India is starving and his parents don't know what to do.

It broke Dr. Meza's heart to see his patients with clefts struggle to eat, speak, sleep, or even feel good about themselves because of poor dental health. So he partnered with Smile Train to do something about it.

Mamta oversees Smile Train's programs from Egypt to the Philippines but sees the whole world in the smile of each individual child.

Saraswati's parents tried everything to feed their baby, but no matter what they tried, the milk still spilled out her cleft. She constantly screamed with hunger, and they didn't know how she'd make it. Then a friend told them about Smile Train.

For Evelyn Caserres-Nano, speech therapy is more than a job — it is a calling.

Kamlesh learned to live with his cleft. His three children could not.