Our Stories

Denied care as a child, she had to relearn to speak at age 20

A letter from a 19-year-old patient

His mother’s wisdom now motivates a whole new generation

Our Program Manager for Southern Africa reflects on what working at Smile Train is really about

Our Manager of Team EMPOWER reflects on three marathons in three weeks

More proof that nothing is stronger than a mother’s love

If you’re going to travel 4,000 miles to run a marathon, you do it for a cause

How a family from rural Togo overcame superstition and fear to get their daughter the care she needed

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

By Mamta Carroll

His family saw past his cleft, even when others couldn’t

How one mom honored her daughter’s life by giving smiles to generations of children around the world