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Dec 22, 2022

Cleft Con 2022: Introducing the #CleftProud Generation

From the NFL to high schools across the country, today’s young people with clefts are proud and unstoppable

Torrey DeVitto, Susie Schaeffer, and Harnaaz Sandhu posing together at Kendra Scott on Giving Tuesday
United States
Dec 2, 2022

Smile Train Partners with Kendra Scott for the Classiest Giving Tuesday Event in New York

A night of sips, sweets, and smiles in SoHo

A mother feeding her underweight baby with a cleft in Tanzania
United States
Oct 12, 2022

Smile Train-Commissioned Study Reveals Deadly Reality of Malnutrition and Clefts

New study reveals nearly HALF of malnutrition-related deaths in people with clefts could have been prevented with access to adequate treatment and support
YLC members with Smile Train patient Valery and her brother, Andreas
Colombia
May 27, 2022

In Colombia, YLC Members Get a Taste of Their Impact

Mountains, Magic, and Memories in Medellín
Eric with the other Team EMPOWER runners for the New York Half
United States
May 10, 2022

Half Marathon, Whole Hearts

Three women help others by helping themselves with Team EMPOWER
Mexico
Apr 26, 2022

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

There is confidence and beauty in every smile.

Miss Peru Yely Rivera, Smile Train patient Estephany, and Miss USA Elle Smith
Peru
Feb 17, 2022

Visiting Our Patients with Miss USA and Miss Peru

A Smile Train staff member’s reflections on a week of seeing cleft patients’ dreams come true

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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.”

Krista's son surrounded by Cuddles for Clefts stuffed animals with clefts
United States
Nov 11, 2021

When They Found the Truth, They Found Smile Train

How one mother overcame despair and blame to find her son the treatment he so needed

Troy Reinhart wears a crown next to a pageant winner at Smile Train's old offices
United States
Oct 28, 2021

Troy Reinhart: 20 Years of Smiles

Our longest-tenured employee reflects on two decades of making smiles
Daniel in first grade, after receiving cleft surgery in America.
United States
Apr 21, 2021

Why My Son Says He Always Wanted a Cleft

How Jasmine went from fear and self-doubt upon receiving the news that her baby would have a cleft to raising a six-year-old who is #CleftProud.

Hema on red carpet with Smile Train YLC backdrop
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.

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