El Salvador Jun 17, 2021 We Are Smiles in El Salvador When their son's life was changed forever, Héctor Rivas and Karen wanted to give the same relief to families across El Salvador.
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.
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!
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Oct 19, 2020 A Walk to Freedom Nkunda had to hide in the bushes on his journey to school every day. Something needed to be done.
Indonesia Aug 4, 2020 On the Other Side of Tears, a Smile “Don’t worry, keep the faith, and tell others about Smile Train.”
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.
China Dec 17, 2019 It Starts with a Smile: Wang Li Even 20 years later, our first patient says she owes it all to that one surgery.
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.”
Liberia Oct 24, 2017 Ebola Crisis Hero Becomes #SmileMaker During the 2014 Ebola Crisis, Dr. Jerry Brown reshaped the landscape of healthcare in Liberia, landing him on the cover of Time as their Person of the Year. Now, with Smile Train's help, he plans to do the same for cleft surgery.