Togo Dec 28, 2022 “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
Philippines Oct 20, 2022 Maricel: Both My Daughters Have Clefts and I Consider Myself the Luckiest Mom on Earth One mother’s cleft journey in her own words
Togo Oct 13, 2022 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
Nigeria Aug 12, 2022 Immaculata: How a Mother's Faith Brought Hope and New Beginnings A story of maternal love and faith bringing a family light out of darkness
Nigeria Feb 22, 2022 Opeyemi: Families, Like Smiles, Come in Many Forms His father abandoned the family when he was born with a cleft. His mother never stopped trying to make him smile
Philippines Jan 26, 2022 Julia: A Rare and Beautiful Flower How Smile Train helped a budding artist bloom through the unimaginable
Dominican Republic Sep 27, 2021 Sebastian: From Nine Days to Live to Chubby Baby After Pamela's delivery, the nurses told her that her son, Sebastian, only had nine days to live. She was devastated. She didn’t know where to turn. Then she was referred to Smile Train's local partner, Fundacion Ninos que Rien.
Nigeria Sep 23, 2021 Meet Nigeria's Sing and Smile Club So often, clefts cause speech issues that make children embarrassed to speak, even after surgery. Our solution? Teach them how to sing.
Nigeria Aug 24, 2021 Empowering Cleft Moms in Nigeria First it was their children. Now, Smile Train partner GSI is giving cleft moms unimagined opportunity, too.
Nigeria Jul 29, 2021 Building Capacity Through Education How Dr. Aliyu Farinyaro and Dr. Amaka Ehighibe are Leading the Way
Philippines Jun 24, 2021 Santi: “Dream Big; Don’t Stop” For adults with clefts, a smile also means fulfilling work with dignity.
Nigeria Jun 10, 2021 Annointed for Greatness The story of a cleft mother’s bravery, in her own words.