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Zimbabwe
Dr. Tsitsi Sithole Makes History by Ensuring the Future
Meet Zimbabwe’s first female pediatric anesthesiologist
Egypt
Fares Speaks Up
Fares felt closed off from the world, but a local Smile Train partner is helping him express himself
Tanzania
Giving Children with Clefts Their Smiles Back in Tanzania
A peek at just some of the lifesaving work Smile Train makes possible each day
![Smile Train patient Spelanzia receiving nutritional care](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-09/sipelansia-tanzania-malnutrition-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-tanzania.jpg?itok=hpqdEPMN)
Tanzania
Cleft Nutrition Care Is Saving Lives in Tanzania
When a cleft makes feeding impossible, so is cleft surgery
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Zimbabwe
Rosemary Has Something to Tell You
A patient’s mother speaks from the hospital.
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Zimbabwe
Getting Munashe Back
“I can’t find the words to express the joy I have in my heart for what Smile Train did for our child.”
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
A Walk to Freedom
Nkunda had to hide in the bushes on his journey to school every day. Something needed to be done.
![Yona Smile Train Africa Staff](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-02/yona-smile-train-africa.jpg?itok=xyjoN7y7)
Zimbabwe
Why Yona Has Six Babies Named for Her
"For me, it’s always the question of 'What if Smile Train hadn’t been there?'"
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Burundi
Training The Trainer
Health workers from Burundi attend a workshop so they can better teach others about the importance of cleft nutrition.
Mozambique
100,000 Smiles In Africa
When Zena's family thought they could never afford cleft treatment for their daughter, you gave them hope.