United States Dec 11, 2020 Why Hema Smiles No Matter What When Hema was 12 years old, she learned that not everyone born with a cleft received the care she did. She decided right then to change that.
United States May 29, 2020 Luke Zappia Wants Children With Clefts to be Superheroes He doesn't have a cleft, but Smile Train has always been like a part of his family.
United States May 18, 2020 Emily Jiang Makes a Difference, No Matter the Distance How one conversation — and one good idea — can make a huge difference.
United States Apr 10, 2020 Manny Ventura: “What’s Your Battle Scar?” "Being born “different” is exactly why you should achieve big goals and be full of confidence."
United States Mar 19, 2020 Christine Smessaert: A Smile is a Connection "Being a part of Smile Train has allowed me to experience things I never would have otherwise and has helped me to grow as an individual.”
United States Mar 5, 2020 Grace Peters: Born With a Purpose How Smile Train helped Grace go from a girl looking for answers to global cleft hero.
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.
United States Dec 12, 2019 Bhavana Venkataram: The Importance of Comprehensive Cleft Care It wasn’t until my trip to Mexico that I realized the impact Smile Train has — it was unbelievable.
United States Jul 21, 2019 A Model of Empowerment It's past time to rethink the mission model of cleft care.
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.”
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.