Indonesia May 5, 2021 Healing a Daughter's Smile and a Mother's Heart Sometimes when a child has surgery, it's the mother who feels it the most.
Cambodia Mar 22, 2021 A Daughter's Cleft; a Mother's Journey A mother’s account of her child’s journey to cleft care in her own words.
Uganda Feb 22, 2021 Livingstone Clings to Life Cleft surgery was only one piece of Livingstone's journey from malnourished baby to star of his village.
Madagascar Jan 21, 2021 Ready to Meet the Challenge in Madagascar Neilsen helped a mission organization that flew doctors into Madagascar to provide cleft care, but he knew local doctors were as capable as those flying in.
Indonesia Dec 17, 2020 An Aira of Hope When Aira started school, she struggled to speak up, was bullied, and had few friends. Now. after her cleft surgery, she's the star of the class!
Indonesia Aug 4, 2020 On the Other Side of Tears, a Smile “Don’t worry, keep the faith, and tell others about Smile Train.”
Zimbabwe Jul 21, 2020 Why Yona Has Six Babies Named for Her "For me, it’s always the question of 'What if Smile Train hadn’t been there?'"
Cambodia Jun 18, 2020 Sel’s Family Refused To Leave Him Behind Soan worried her son would be discriminated against his entire life.
Indonesia Jun 18, 2020 Ayu and Ade Their untreated clefts made life so unbearable for Ade and his daughter Ayu that Smile Train had to call the Army in.
Egypt Feb 1, 2020 A Father In Disbelief When Habeeba was born, the doctor gasped and told her mother, Ahlam, he’d never seen a baby like her before.
Cambodia Nov 27, 2019 A Lucky Girl 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.
Egypt Sep 11, 2018 A Deafening Silence For Initissar “We would sell everything we owned to get Rawda’s lip treated as soon as possible — nothing is going to stop us.”