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Zimbabwe
Dr. Tsitsi Sithole Makes History by Ensuring the Future
Meet Zimbabwe’s first female pediatric anesthesiologist
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Nepal
CEO Sunil Tuli Climbs to Everest Basecamp for Smile Train Patients
His dutiful excursion inspired an entire global industry
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Nepal
Simrik’s Future is Bright as Her Smile
For this girl of the Himalayas, no goal is too lofty
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Vietnam
Ray and His Family Held Out Hope for 16 Years
When they heard about Smile Train, they knew they finally found what they were looking for
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Nepal
Building Robots for Good? That’s Jenious
This budding inventor has known technology’s potential to save lives from the day he was born
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Vietnam
Dat’s Smile is Simply Unforgettable
The mother of our 25,000th patient in Vietnam shares her story
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
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Tanzania
Cleft Nutrition Care Is Saving Lives in Tanzania
When a cleft makes feeding impossible, so is cleft surgery
Tanzania
Eight Years Later, Osawa is Still Smiling
Smile Train’s 1 millionth patient now aspires to be a doctor himself
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Cameroon
Lloyd and Floyd: From Double the Shock to Double the Smiles
Sometimes opportunity is a knock. Other times, it’s a call from your mother
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Uganda
Sister Dr. Liliana Najjuka: Miracle Worker, Smile Maker
Why Smile Train's local model matters, from one of our most inspiring partners