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Mexico
Apr 26, 2022

Miss USA and Miss Teen USA Help Cleft Patients Get Runway Ready

There is confidence and beauty in every smile.

Alex, Kendra, their parents, and a member of their cleft team
Mexico
Mar 18, 2022

Alex and Kendra: Born for Greatness

Inspired by their parents and cleft team, this brother and sister have made their clefts their superpower for good
Kellen holds Eric after his cleft sugeries
Uganda
Jan 13, 2022

Eric: Hope is the Best Gift of All

A cleft mother’s fraught journey to care and dignity for her son and herself
Miracle with her teacher and a classmate
Uganda
Nov 9, 2021

A Miracle to Believe In

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

Barbara with her mother and sister.
Mexico
Aug 26, 2021

What Bárbara Taught Her Mother

A story of love, destiny, and the power of a smile.
Livingstone with his friends after cleft lip and cleft palate surgery
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.

Nkunda before cleft surgery
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. 

Mexico
Jun 11, 2020

Smile Train Regional Update: Americas

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

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.
Mexico
Jun 13, 2019

It Starts with a Smile: Ever

First, we helped him find his smile. Then, we helped him find his voice.
Renpuci on a train with her dad
China
Jun 14, 2017

Renpuci Smiles at High Altitude

Smile Train's partners will travel any distance and scale the highest mountains to provide free care to children in need.

Bao with an untreated cleft on his mother's back while she is farming
China
Apr 12, 2017

Carry Me To A Smile

 After getting over the initial shock of having a baby with a cleft, Bao’s family noticed that he struggled to breathe and was unable to breastfeed. They knew he needed help, but didn't think it would ever be possible for him. Then they learned about Smile Train.

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