![Mariane Goes](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-07/mariane-goes-cleft-week-natal-brazil-day-one.jpg?itok=9k1pkz-n)
Mariane Goes is Teaching the World to Fish
Meet our Director for Education and Training for Latin America and the Caribbean
![Maxi's mother holding him just after his free cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-04/maxi-with-mom-after-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-paraguay-smile-train-50.jpg?itok=dTXw-IFt)
The Wait Is Over: Paraguay's First Local, Sustainable Cleft Care Center Opens
Bringing Smiles to the Amazon with Yaçuri
![Training doctors to provide free cleft lip and palate surgery in Asuncion, Paraguay.](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/training-in-paraguay-for-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-in-asuncion.jpg?itok=wxWVIyks)
Smile Train’s Next Stop: Paraguay
Building a sustainable, local foundation for success in our newest partner country.
![Dr. Amanda Malungo holding a cleft patient after his surgery.](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-03/amanda-malungo-cleft-lip-cleft-palate-surgeon-zambia-holding-patient.jpg?itok=iM3or6IP)
This Woman — and Smile Train Partner — is Making History in Zambia
She's 36 years old, a mother of four, Zambia's first female plastic surgeon, and a Smile Train partner. Here's how she does it all.
Silvia and Marisa Make Dental Dreams Come True
Dental and orthodontic care is changing lives in Argentina.
Andrea Helps Children With Clefts Tell Their Own Stories
How a Smile Train partner from Argentina helps children speak with confidence.
Cristina Changes the Story of Our Patients' Lives Through Nutrition
Nutrition is the first step in a child's cleft treatment journey.
![Celeste in Smile Train scrubs](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-02/nurse-celeste-in-scubs.jpg?itok=mrJTGdMl)
A Nurse's Commitment
Nurse Celeste always tried to avoid working with the babies with clefts in her neonatal ward because she felt unable to meet their needs. Then her son was born with a cleft.
Nurse Celeste
Nurse Celeste used to feel so unable to help the babies with clefts that were born in her ward that she avoided them. Then she had a son with a cleft.
![Dr Brown holds the Time magazine that he is on the cover of](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-02/dr-brown-holding-time-magazine.jpg?itok=lGaH-2YL)
Ebola Crisis Hero Becomes #SmileMaker
During the 2014 Ebola Crisis, Dr. Jerry Brown reshaped the landscape of healthcare in Liberia, landing him on the cover of Time as their Person of the Year. Now, with Smile Train's help, he plans to do the same for cleft surgery.