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![Dr. Tsitsi Sithole](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2024-03/dr-tsitsi-sithole-headshot-50.jpg?itok=bTsYOfVA)
Zimbabwe
Dr. Tsitsi Sithole Makes History by Ensuring the Future
Meet Zimbabwe’s first female pediatric anesthesiologist
![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
![Faysal and Edouardo sitting at a table with a speech therapy patient](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-10/original50-50.jpg?itok=CgUia7Py)
Togo
Smile Train Helps Spread Cleft Speech Therapy Across West Africa
How a speech therapist from Benin is helping Smile Train patients find their voice
![Milena smiling on a playground, tossing her hair back](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-08/milena-hairflip-5050.jpg?itok=icW-Gz90)
Brazil
Before She Was Even Born, Milena’s Parents Were Looking Out for Her
Thanks to them, she wears her smile with pride
![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)
![Art Impact Brazil staff and partners smiling and holding Smile Train signs](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-01/art-impact-brazil-staff-and-partners-smiling-and-holding-smile-train-signs-5050.jpg?itok=ZfsUM2MY)
![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
![Dr. Gergorie Akakpo-Numado](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-10/gregorie-akakpo-numado-headshot-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-togo-chu-smile-train.jpg?itok=FTqR2vLg)
Togo
Dr. Grégoire Akakpo-Numado: Smile Train’s Model is Life or Death for My Patients
To begin a career bringing tears of joy to mothers across Togo, he had to make his father mad first
![Mariane Goes](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-07/mariane-goes-cleft-week-natal-brazil-day-one.jpg?itok=9k1pkz-n)
Brazil
Mariane Goes is Teaching the World to Fish
Meet our Director for Education and Training for Latin America and the Caribbean
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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
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Uganda
Sister Dr. Liliana Najjuka: Miracle Worker, Smile Maker
Why Smile Train's local model matters, from one of our most inspiring partners