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Alex, Kendra, their parents, and a member of their cleft team
Mexico
Mar 18, 2022

Alex and Kendra: Born for Greatness

Inspired by their parents and cleft team, this brother and sister have made their clefts their superpower for good
Marco smiling
Panama
Mar 3, 2022

Miraculous Marco

Where others may have seen crises, Marco’s parents saw only miracles

Lisa Fast with Miss USA Elle Smith
United States
Feb 24, 2022

How Lisa Fast Turned Tragedy Into More Life for Children in Need

The smiles her mother inspired will live on forever
Opeyemi riding on his mother's back
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
Langdon, Finley, and Addie after Finley's early surgeries
United States
Feb 15, 2022

The Holzmans Turn Grapes into Grins

How one family is using its blessings to be a blessing
Chiara holding a picture of herself before cleft surgery and standing with her parents and dog
Peru
Feb 10, 2022

Two Pandemics Can’t Stop Chiara’s Smile

Smile Train’s local model means our patients receive care no matter what
Angga holding a picture of himself before cleft surgery
Indonesia
Feb 2, 2022

Angga is Done Waiting

He waited 20 years for cleft surgery. Now he’s ready to take control of his life

Jula smiling in front of some plants
Philippines
Jan 26, 2022

Julia: A Rare and Beautiful Flower

How Smile Train helped a budding artist bloom through the unimaginable

Adelina and Ionut
Romania
Jan 25, 2022

Ionut: Separation, Isolation… Then a Smile

A mother manages cleft care through quarantine

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
The Mollette family
United States
Jan 6, 2022

The Mollettes Don’t Do Things Halfway

Full Hearts. Full Marathons. Full Smiles.
United States
Jan 3, 2022

Thank You for Giving Us Something to Smile About in 2021

Because of you, 81,000+ children with clefts in 70+ countries will forever remember 2021 as the year they could finally smile.

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