Our Stories

“Being recognized by Smile Train means Chile is now a regional leader training and educating doctors from all over the world."

How one kind stranger changed a little girl’s life

A Smile Train staff member’s reflections on a week of seeing cleft patients’ dreams come true

A patient’s mother on how Smile Train partners treated her daughter

Never bet against a mother’s will to see her child smile.

After experiencing some of the lowest depths imaginable, Anghelo and his family now celebrate their miraculous lives.

Adriana is bringing nutrition education to cleft-affected families across Peru.

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.

It broke Dr. Meza's heart to see his patients with clefts struggle to eat, speak, sleep, or even feel good about themselves because of poor dental health. So he partnered with Smile Train to do something about it.