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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
![Kelvin leaning against a tree](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-07/kelvin-tree-5050.jpg?itok=rPnIIHRk)
Ghana
Kelvin Hopes to Bring Smiles All Throughout Ghana
And he has the plan to make it happen
![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)
Egypt
Fares Speaks Up
Fares felt closed off from the world, but a local Smile Train partner is helping him express himself
![Mustafa with his parents before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-02/mustafa-50.jpg?itok=VUA3K2Th)
Egypt
They Held Mustafa Close, Then They Embraced Him
How Smile Train helped one family move from shock to smiles
![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
![Alimatu and Rawdah](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-10/rawdah-mother-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-ghana-smile-train-50.jpg?itok=t12fcNsX)
Ghana
My Husband Left When Our Daughter Was Born With a Cleft
But thanks to Smile Train and my family, we have never been alone
![Kristiyana smelling a rose](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-08/kristiyana-smelling-rose-social-media-header_0.jpg?itok=5qpFtEzc)
Bulgaria
Kristiyana: How a Two-Hour Surgery Changed a Little Girl's Life
For Kristiyana’s family, Smile Train opened new opportunities for happier lives
![Sama](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-05/sama-smiling-after-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-smile-train-egypt-50_0.jpg?itok=hJqFIEfi)
Egypt
Sama’s Mother Never Gave Up on Her. Neither Will We
Where there’s a mother’s love, there’s always hope
![Sondos with her orthodontist](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-05/sondos-with-orthodontist-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-care-egypt-smile-train-50.jpg?itok=CCNT3voD)
Egypt
Against All Odds, Sondos Designs a Future
Nearly starved at birth, orphaned at five, bullied relentlessly, Sondos has survived a lot in nine years. Now she’s ready to thrive
![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