Our Stories

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

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

By Mamta Carroll

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

Talking celebrities and staying grounded with Smile Train’s Senior Director of PR.

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.

An interview with Dr. Esther Njoroge-Muriithi.

Neilsen helped a mission organization that flew doctors into Madagascar to provide cleft care, but he knew local doctors were as capable as those flying in. 

Doha is ready for her next big challenge — building an infrastructure for sustainable, local cleft care in her native country as Smile Train’s first regional director for Morocco.