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![Adjoa smiling and holding a photo of herself before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-12/adjoa-50.jpg?itok=iaIWMTSD)
Togo
Adjoa Survived to Smile
She spent 45 years shackled by her cleft. Now, she feels she can do anything
![Edoh holding a picture of himself before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-06/edoh-holding-before.jpg?itok=S6D4dUoA)
![Akuya smiling while holding a picture of herself before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-12/akuya-50.jpg?itok=87ES-4Qh)
Togo
“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
![Audrey and Herve holding their twins, Lloyd and Floyd](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-06/lloyd-floyd-with-parents-before-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-cameroon-smile-train.jpg?itok=AJyGV3ll)
Cameroon
Lloyd and Floyd: From Double the Shock to Double the Smiles
Sometimes opportunity is a knock. Other times, it’s a call from your mother
![Kellen holds Eric after his cleft sugeries](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-01/eric-and-kellen-after-free-cleft-lip-cleft-palate-surgery-smile-train-uganda.jpg?itok=EdL74o_p)
Uganda
Eric: Hope is the Best Gift of All
A cleft mother’s fraught journey to care and dignity for her son and herself
United States
Thank You for Giving Us Something to Smile About in 2021
Because of you, 81,000+ children with clefts in 70+ countries will forever remember 2021 as the year they could finally smile.
![Mouhamed with his parents](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-11/mouhamed-with-family-before-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-cameroon.jpg?itok=eS1LBsLc)
Cameroon
A Son’s Cleft, a Father’s Destiny
How Mouhamed’s cleft might forever change cleft care in Cameroon
![Miracle with her teacher and a classmate](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-11/miracle-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-uganda-smile-train-with-teacher-and-friend.jpg?itok=XiFi0OVr)
Uganda
A Miracle to Believe In
A cleft mother’s true story of faith, miracles, and Smile Train
![Rosemary holding Nyasha](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-09/nyasha-og.jpg?itok=D48civoT)
Zimbabwe
Rosemary Has Something to Tell You
A patient’s mother speaks from the hospital.
![Munashe smiling after free Smile Train-sponsored cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-08/munashe-free-cleft-treatment-zimbabwe-50.jpg?itok=O93ipfL8)
Zimbabwe
Getting Munashe Back
“I can’t find the words to express the joy I have in my heart for what Smile Train did for our child.”
![Livingstone with his friends after cleft lip and cleft palate surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-02/livingstone-with-friends-after-cleft-lip-cleft-palate-treatment.jpg?itok=zhxVMF1U)
Uganda
Livingstone Clings to Life
Cleft surgery was only one piece of Livingstone's journey from malnourished baby to star of his village.