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Giving Children with Clefts Their Smiles Back in Tanzania
A peek at just some of the lifesaving work Smile Train makes possible each day
![Marciel with Ernie, Jr. and Ermalen before their cleft surgeries](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-10/pacatang-free-cleft-surgery-philippines-50.jpg?itok=t0vB0XJq)
Philippines
Maricel: Both My Daughters Have Clefts and I Consider Myself the Luckiest Mom on Earth
One mother’s cleft journey in her own words
![Smile Train patient Spelanzia receiving nutritional care](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-09/sipelansia-tanzania-malnutrition-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-tanzania.jpg?itok=hpqdEPMN)
Tanzania
Cleft Nutrition Care Is Saving Lives in Tanzania
When a cleft makes feeding impossible, so is cleft surgery
![Valery and her family](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-09/valery-with-family-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-colombia-smile-train.jpg?itok=jtWxnZEF)
Colombia
Valery Finds Her Happy Place
When a child is born with a cleft, it affects every member of the family
Tanzania
Eight Years Later, Osawa is Still Smiling
Smile Train’s 1 millionth patient now aspires to be a doctor himself
![Mathias holding his Smile Train bear](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-07/mathias-bear-colombia-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-smile-train.jpg?itok=VU6Ng6u8)
Colombia
Mathias’ Life Could Have Turned Out Much Differently
His smile is a miracle people like you made possible
![YLC members with Smile Train patient Valery and her brother, Andreas](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-05/brenda-zuniga-christine-semessaert-lisa-fast-ylc-young-philanthropist-opportunity-fundraising-medellin-colombia-smile-train-50.jpg?itok=V9Aurmkf)
Colombia
In Colombia, YLC Members Get a Taste of Their Impact
Mountains, Magic, and Memories in Medellín
![A baby with her mother at FISULAB](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-04/baby-with-mother-dentsply-sirona-fisulab-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-colombia-smile-train.jpg?itok=oAw6T1vu)
Colombia
Dentsply Sirona Donation Ushers In the Future of Cleft Care
The world's leading dental products manufacturer makes a major investment in children with clefts
![Jula smiling in front of some plants](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-01/julia-capilli-plants-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-philippines-smile-train.jpg?itok=D9IoX0Bz)
Philippines
Julia: A Rare and Beautiful Flower
How Smile Train helped a budding artist bloom through the unimaginable
![Rosemary holding Nyasha](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-09/nyasha-og.jpg?itok=D48civoT)
Zimbabwe
Rosemary Has Something to Tell You
A patient’s mother speaks from the hospital.
![Smile Train patient Smile Rai with his parents, who are holding a picture of him before his free cleft surgery in Nepal](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-09/smile-rai-with-family-after-smile-train-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-nepal.jpg?itok=UkUr4Lj3)
Nepal
Destiny’s Smile
Even knowing help is available isn’t always enough to remove the stigma of having a cleft.