Pakistan May 21, 2024 Cleft Surgery Changed Everything for Sheema, Except One Thing She still cries when she looks in the mirror. But now she does it with lipstick on
Thailand Mar 4, 2024 Phensiri Charoensuk Redefines Success for Women, and Herself She used to measure success in millions of dollars. Now she measures it in smiles
Togo Dec 27, 2023 Adjoa Survived to Smile She spent 45 years shackled by her cleft. Now, she feels she can do anything
Egypt Jun 8, 2023 Fares Speaks Up Fares felt closed off from the world, but a local Smile Train partner is helping him express himself
Benin Mar 3, 2023 Dr. Nina Capo-Chichi: “Clefts Go Deeper Than What You See” Our Program Director for West Africa on the particular impact of clefts on women and girls
Egypt Feb 23, 2023 They Held Mustafa Close, Then They Embraced Him How Smile Train helped one family move from shock to smiles
Togo Dec 28, 2022 “She Is Our Pride and What Gave Us Strength” How a family from rural Togo overcame superstition and fear to get their daughter the care she needed
Egypt May 19, 2022 Sama’s Mother Never Gave Up on Her. Neither Will We Where there’s a mother’s love, there’s always hope
Egypt May 13, 2022 Against All Odds, Sondos Designs a Future Nearly starved at birth, orphaned at five, bullied relentlessly, Sondos has survived a lot in nine years. Now she’s ready to thrive
Egypt Sep 16, 2021 Saber’s Cleft Journey, in His Parents’ Words Their names are withheld; their truth is not.
Ecuador Feb 1, 2021 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.