Our Stories

There is confidence and beauty in every smile.

A mother’s account of her child’s journey to cleft care in her own words.

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.

Soan worried her son would be discriminated against his entire life.

Our Regional Director for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean on our local response to COVID-19.

For 70 years, Pyari knew little besides rejection and heartbreak, until you gave her hope. And a smile.

When Samnang was born with a cleft, her parents felt overwhelmed. But a midwife reassured them that, thanks to Smile Train, they had nothing to fear.

Wendy was 17, single, and scared. She had just had a baby with a cleft, and any help seemed far, far away from her family's ranch in the remote Andes highlands. But Smile Train was there.