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Kenya
Sep 13, 2022

A Life-Changing Transformation

Christine Errico’s cleft journey inspires advocacy at home and abroad

Immaculata before surgery
Nigeria
Aug 12, 2022

Immaculata: How a Mother's Faith Brought Hope and New Beginnings

A story of maternal love and faith bringing a family light out of darkness

Opeyemi riding on his mother's back
Nigeria
Feb 22, 2022

Opeyemi: Families, Like Smiles, Come in Many Forms

His father abandoned the family when he was born with a cleft. His mother never stopped trying to make him smile
Kenya
Dec 23, 2021

Damaris is Not an Outcast

After 17 years of exclusion, her new smile helped her community see the truth about clefts
Journey of Smiles participants and Smile Train staff members join their fists together
Kenya
Dec 14, 2021

An Inspirational Journey to Kenya

Supporters experience Smile Train in action

Kenya
Nov 17, 2021

Vivian Exemplifies Beauty Inside and Out

When Vivian started school, the kids laughed at her so much she didn't want to live. Then she met someone who told her she should become a model. 

Benjamin thinking in a field in Kenya after his Smile Train-sponsored cleft surgery
Kenya
Oct 28, 2021

Benjamin’s Smile Has Overcome the Unimaginable

And he’s only four years old.
Smile Train patient Demaris from Kenya holds a picture of herself before her free cleft surgery
Kenya
Jul 29, 2021

Determined Damaris

Even when the whole world seemed against her, Damaris persisted. And won.

Annointed with his mother, Favour, after his cleft surgery.
Nigeria
Jun 10, 2021

Annointed for Greatness

The story of a cleft mother’s bravery, in her own words.

Ayubu before cleft lip surgery
Kenya
Dec 22, 2019

A Smile That Brightens And Enlightens

Ayubu's classmates harassed him relentlessly for years because of a local myth about clefts. When he was 10 years old, his mother heard there was hope at a hospital less than an hour away.

Kamse living with an untreated cleft lip in Kenya
Kenya
Sep 3, 2019

A Student Of Resiliency

Kamse was excited for his first day of school, but, when the day finally came, he was taunted all day long. Kamse ran home and begged his grandfather never to make him go back.

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