Giving Children with Clefts Their Smiles Back in Tanzania
A peek at just some of the lifesaving work Smile Train makes possible each day
![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
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Endang Is a Force of Nature Powered by Love
This woman will travel 15 hours through thick jungles just to make one child smile
![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
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A Transformational Collaboration in Indonesia
Reaching every corner of Indonesia with our partners.
Bringing Smiles to the Amazon with Yaçuri
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Adriana Zavalaga: It Starts with Nutrition
Adriana is bringing nutrition education to cleft-affected families across Peru.
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Dental Care for Those Who Need it Most
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.
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Helping Patients with Clefts Find Their Voice
For Evelyn Caserres-Nano, speech therapy is more than a job — it is a calling.
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Training The Trainer
Health workers from Burundi attend a workshop so they can better teach others about the importance of cleft nutrition.
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A Father’s Legacy of Smiles
How one man built a legacy of smiles that will last for generations — on both sides of the operating table.