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
Romania Jan 25, 2022 Ionut: Separation, Isolation… Then a Smile A mother manages cleft care through quarantine
Uganda Jan 13, 2022 Eric: Hope is the Best Gift of All A cleft mother’s fraught journey to care and dignity for her son and herself
Uganda Nov 9, 2021 A Miracle to Believe In A cleft mother’s true story of faith, miracles, and Smile Train
Ethiopia Oct 7, 2021 Untold Stories In Ethiopia, Dr. Bethel and Smile Train are changing the narrative around malnutrition.
Egypt Sep 16, 2021 Saber’s Cleft Journey, in His Parents’ Words Their names are withheld; their truth is not.
Uganda Feb 22, 2021 Livingstone Clings to Life Cleft surgery was only one piece of Livingstone's journey from malnourished baby to star of his village.
Madagascar Jan 21, 2021 Ready to Meet the Challenge in Madagascar Neilsen helped a mission organization that flew doctors into Madagascar to provide cleft care, but he knew local doctors were as capable as those flying in.
Laos Dec 7, 2020 A Tourist, a Phone Call, and a Child Given a Second Chance at Life Small acts of kindness can have really big consequences.
Egypt Feb 1, 2020 A Father In Disbelief When Habeeba was born, the doctor gasped and told her mother, Ahlam, he’d never seen a baby like her before.
Mozambique Nov 21, 2018 100,000 Smiles In Africa When Zena's family thought they could never afford cleft treatment for their daughter, you gave them hope.
Egypt Sep 11, 2018 A Deafening Silence For Initissar “We would sell everything we owned to get Rawda’s lip treated as soon as possible — nothing is going to stop us.”