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![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
Laos
Looking Back at 25: Jingtee and Nalee
A personal story of why Smile Train’s model matters
Bangladesh
After 14 Years of Wandering, Tanzila Finds Her Smile
No one is too remote for Smile Train
![Luis smiling with his mother Elsa](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-05/luis-50.jpg?itok=uUm10wsz)
Bolivia
For His Mother, Luis’ Smile is a Gift That Keeps on Giving
A Bolivian cleft mother’s story, in her own words
![Florentina with Stefania and Elena](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-05/florentina-with-stefania-and-elena-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-romania-eastern-europe-smile-train.jpg?itok=LwYokaVb)
![Ndindai before her cleft lip surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-04/ndindai-before-smile-train-cleft-surgery.jpg?itok=0pltWFCN)
Kenya
Out of School and Out of Sight for 17 Years, Ndindai is Now Embracing Life
How one smile can change a life
![Adelina and Ionut](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-01/ionut-with-mother-snuggle-after-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-romania.jpg?itok=35SO2kRQ)
Romania
Ionut: Separation, Isolation… Then a Smile
A mother manages cleft care through quarantine
Kenya
Damaris is Not an Outcast
After 17 years of exclusion, her new smile helped her community see the truth about clefts
Kenya
Kioko Can Finally Leave the Family Farm
After 17 years of isolation, a smile set him free
![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)
![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.