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A cleft mother’s true story of faith, miracles, and Smile Train

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

Cleft surgery was only one piece of Livingstone's journey from malnourished baby to star of his village.

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.

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.