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![Sunil at the top of a stone staircase on the ascent to Everest Base Camp](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-11/sunil-50.jpg?itok=RY1l-IEy)
Nepal
CEO Sunil Tuli Climbs to Everest Basecamp for Smile Train Patients
His dutiful excursion inspired an entire global industry
![Dr. Sally](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-03/dr-sally-headshot.jpg?itok=fJ675NBC)
Egypt
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
Nigeria
Susanna Finds Her Voice
Denied care as a child, she had to relearn to speak at age 20
Angola
Behind the Smiles: Dr. Preciosa Bento
Our Program Assistant for Southern Africa reflects on what working at Smile Train is really about
![Azza smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-09/azza-smiling-innovinity-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-egypt.jpg?itok=1jVt9oj_)
Egypt
Innovinity Gives Children With Clefts Their Big Breaks
Our partners understand that children with clefts need so much more than surgery to thrive
![Immaculata before surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-08/immaculata.jpg?itok=9nujHcsl)
Nigeria
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
![Dr. Tarek](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-08/dr-tarek-nile-cleft-center-giza-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-hearing-smile-train-egypt-50.jpg?itok=0ACLNdTX)
Egypt
Dr. Tarek: Hearing Care is Cleft Care
Why one of the world’s foremost experts on clefts and hearing is a proud Smile Train partner
![Opeyemi riding on his mother's back](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-02/opeyemi-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-smile-train-nigeria-50.jpg?itok=WOfx3al0)
Nigeria
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
![Sesnie hugging a boy after cleft lip and cleft palate surgery in Ethiopia](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-04/sesnie-hugging-cleft-lip-cleft-palate-patient-ethiopia.jpg?itok=UGvLse46)
Ethiopia
"I Am Resilient!" Meet Smile Train's Program Manager for East Africa
A conversation with one of our heroes.
![A school-aged Meng with her mother after cleft lip and cleft palate surgery in Cambodia](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-03/meng-with-mother-after-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-cambodia.jpg?itok=iVVNLX0x)
Cambodia
A Daughter's Cleft; a Mother's Journey
A mother’s account of her child’s journey to cleft care in her own words.