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Paraguay
The Wait Is Over: Paraguay's First Local, Sustainable Cleft Care Center Opens
COVID-19 only further proved the need for empowering local healthcare experts
![Jula smiling in front of some plants](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-01/julia-capilli-plants-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-philippines-smile-train.jpg?itok=D9IoX0Bz)
Philippines
Julia: A Rare and Beautiful Flower
How Smile Train helped a budding artist bloom through the unimaginable
![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
![Santi standing proud at work](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/santi-header.jpg?itok=1akchfpM)
Philippines
Santi: “Dream Big; Don’t Stop”
For adults with clefts, a smile also means fulfilling work with dignity.
Brazil
Bringing Smiles to the Amazon with Yaçuri
How our local partner in the Amazon is reaching across borders to bring vital cleft care to underserved indigenous communities.
![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)
Paraguay
Smile Train’s Next Stop: Paraguay
Building a sustainable, local foundation for success in our newest partner country.
![David's mom holds an image her son before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-02/david-holds-before.jpg?itok=BWHeD1_B)
Ecuador
David’s Cleft Journey in His Mother’s Words
Magaly is the mother of David, age five, a Smile Train patient in Quito, Ecuador. She shared with us her son’s journey to cleft care and what Smile Train has meant for her entire family.
![Elizabeth before cleft treatment](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-01/elizabeth-before.jpg?itok=yUVE6LD2)
Philippines
A Banner Year for Elizabeth
Elizabeth's family tries to find the cleft surgery she desperately needs, in the middle of a lockdown.
![Andrea before her cleft lip surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-02/andrea-before-cleft-surgery.jpg?itok=TyxTVyr2)
Philippines
Bravery And Courage Also Run In Her Family
Just when Jeann thought she had found a way to get her daughter with a cleft to a healthy weight, COVID-19 forced the entire island into lockdown.
![Mohammad at refugee camp living with an untreated cleft lip](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-02/mohammad-before-cleft-lip-surgery.jpg?itok=MLP3MkW2)
Bangladesh
A Smile 40 Years In The Making: A Rohingya Refugee’s Journey
Though Mohammad's future is uncertain, Smile Train has given him hope.
![Fernando in scrubs with arms crossed](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-02/fernando-arms-crossed.jpg?itok=MNVZkOXM)
Ecuador
A Father’s Legacy of Smiles
How one man built a legacy of smiles that will last for generations — on both sides of the operating table.