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![Adjoa smiling and holding a photo of herself before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-12/adjoa-50.jpg?itok=iaIWMTSD)
Togo
Adjoa Survived to Smile
She spent 45 years shackled by her cleft. Now, she feels she can do anything
![Olanike holding Muaz and kissing him on the head](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-12/muaz-50.jpg?itok=0PhLuxls)
![Zinash holding Marsillas and a picture of her before her cleft surgery. Both are smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-11/marsillas-50.jpg?itok=plFiSpR1)
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Nigeria
Haleon Hotline Answers Oloye’s Urgent Call
Helping to bring families out of isolation in Nigeria
![Makiba holding a picture of herself before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-04/makiba-50.jpg?itok=-6n7kO-v)
Ethiopia
History Did Not Repeat Itself with Makiba
In the shadow of unthinkable tragedy, Smile Train helped turn sorrow into hope
![Nina with patient](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-03/nina-50.jpg?itok=DYsVQ52U)
Benin
Dr. Nina Capo-Chichi: “Clefts Go Deeper Than What You See”
Our Program Director for West Africa on the particular impact of clefts on women and girls
Angola
Behind the Smiles: Dr. Preciosa Bento
Our Program Assistant for Southern Africa reflects on what working at Smile Train is really about
Tanzania
Giving Children with Clefts Their Smiles Back in Tanzania
A peek at just some of the lifesaving work Smile Train makes possible each day
![Yohanes and his mother smiling and holding a picture of him before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-01/yohanes-50.jpg?itok=lP601sFF)
Ethiopia
Never Sleep on Yohanes
More proof that nothing is stronger than a mother’s love
![Akuya smiling while holding a picture of herself before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-12/akuya-50.jpg?itok=87ES-4Qh)
Togo
“She Is Our Pride and What Gave Us Strength”
How a family from rural Togo overcame superstition and fear to get their daughter the care she needed
![Dr. Gergorie Akakpo-Numado](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-10/gregorie-akakpo-numado-headshot-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-togo-chu-smile-train.jpg?itok=FTqR2vLg)
Togo
Dr. Grégoire Akakpo-Numado: Smile Train’s Model is Life or Death for My Patients
To begin a career bringing tears of joy to mothers across Togo, he had to make his father mad first