![Yordanka with her son Dani](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-05/yordanka-and-dani-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-bulgaria-smile-train-50_0.jpg?itok=QnkFcXhC)
This Cleft Mom and Speech Therapist Knows All That a Smile Can Mean
![Smile Train participants take a selfie at the 79th annual ACPA Annual Meeting](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-04/acpa-selfie.jpg?itok=6Qgl3kN0)
Renewing Ties, Renewing Purpose: The 79th Annual ACPA Meeting
Smile Train brought 200+ medical partners from 40+ countries to America’s leading cleft conference
![Endang Sasi](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-04/endang-headshot-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-indonesia-smile-train.jpg?itok=SPDXt9TM)
Endang Is a Force of Nature Powered by Love
This woman will travel 15 hours through thick jungles just to make one child smile
![Sister Najjuka celebrates with a patient's family](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-03/sister-najjuka-with-patient-family-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-mbara-uganda.jpg?itok=F2P8jNqQ)
Sister Dr. Liliana Najjuka: Miracle Worker, Smile Maker
Why Smile Train's local model matters, from one of our most inspiring partners
![Miss Peru Yely Rivera, Smile Train patient Estephany, and Miss USA Elle Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-02/miss-peru-yely-rivera-miss-usa-elle-smith-smile-train-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-peru-50.jpg?itok=7wWN0_Dh)
Visiting Our Patients with Miss USA and Miss Peru
A Smile Train staff member’s reflections on a week of seeing cleft patients’ dreams come true
![Dr. Neela smiling headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-05/Dr-neela-5050.jpg?itok=cGpmxRcI)
Smile Train’s International Scholars
Meet the 2022 Cohort of International Scholars from Smile Train, American Society of Plastic Surgery and The Plastic Surgery Foundation
![Troy Reinhart wears a crown next to a pageant winner at Smile Train's old offices](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-10/troy-reinhart-miss-new-jersey-50.jpg?itok=UXl-u1My)
Troy Reinhart: 20 Years of Smiles
![Indonesian police officer reaches out to a child with a cleft before his free Smile Train surgery.](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-07/indonesia-police-outreach-child-with-father-in-sideways-hat-before-free-smile-train-cleft-lip-palate-surgery.jpg?itok=1aCqXdoC)
A Transformational Collaboration in Indonesia
Reaching every corner of Indonesia with our partners.
![Dr. Elizabeth Igaga, an anesthesiologist, is committed to surgical patient safety.](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-06/igaga-anesthesiologist-patient-safety-web.png?itok=5gmQsgTW)
The Fight to Provide Safe Surgery
Inside and outside the operating room, Dr. Elizabeth Igaga is fighting to make anesthesia and surgery safer for every patient.
Bringing Smiles to the Amazon with Yaçuri
![Smile Train patient Gianna after cleft lip and palate surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-03/covid-gianna-after-cleft-lip-palate-surgery.jpg?itok=UTeAm63j)
How Smile Train Kept Making Smiles Through COVID-19
While other cleft organizations’ operations were indefinitely suspended or severely cut back, Smile Train was able to keep moving.