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Jun 7, 2022

From Big City Streets to Kenyan Communities

Crissy Maier is committed to advocating and raising awareness for cleft care everywhere

Monica Bush with her family at the beach

United States

May 25, 2022

Monica Bush: Confessions of a Cleft Mom

Cleft-affected and feeling alone? Read this.

Egypt

May 19, 2022

Sama’s Mother Never Gave Up on Her. Neither Will We

Where there’s a mother’s love, there’s always hope

Egypt

May 13, 2022

Against All Odds, Sondos Designs a Future

Nearly starved at birth, orphaned at five, bullied relentlessly, Sondos has survived a lot in nine years. Now she’s ready to thrive

Smile Train participants take a selfie at the 79th annual ACPA Annual Meeting

United States

Apr 29, 2022

Renewing Ties, Renewing Purpose: The 79th Annual ACPA Meeting

Smile Train brought 200+ medical partners from 40+ countries to America’s leading cleft conference

Sister Najjuka celebrates with a patient's family

Uganda

Mar 15, 2022

Sister Dr. Liliana Najjuka: Miracle Worker, Smile Maker

Why Smile Train's local model matters, from one of our most inspiring partners

Nigeria

Feb 22, 2022

Opeyemi: Families, Like Smiles, Come in Many Forms

His father abandoned the family when he was born with a cleft. His mother never stopped trying to make him smile

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

Kenya

Dec 23, 2021

Damaris is Not an Outcast

After 17 years of exclusion, her new smile helped her community see the truth about clefts

Journey of Smiles participants and Smile Train staff members join their fists together

Kenya

Dec 14, 2021

An Inspirational Journey to Kenya

Supporters experience Smile Train in action

United States

Nov 23, 2021

At Cleft Con 2021, Vulnerability is Strength

“It's amazing what your cleft journey will do to your life when you embrace it.”

Cameroon

Nov 22, 2021

A Son’s Cleft, a Father’s Destiny

How Mouhamed’s cleft might forever change cleft care in Cameroon

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