Our Stories

Even knowing help is available isn’t always enough to remove the stigma of having a cleft.

Their Walk for Smiles Fundraiser recently raised an incredible $16,000+ for Smile Train and we wanted to know more about the key to their success.

He didn’t speak until he was 18. Now, people flock to hear him talk.

A mother’s first-person account.

The cleft hotline, sponsored by GSK, is saving lives every day.

Our VP and Regional Director for Asia on our local response to COVID-19.

A boy from India is starving and his parents don't know what to do.

Mamta oversees Smile Train's programs from Egypt to the Philippines but sees the whole world in the smile of each individual child.

Saraswati's parents tried everything to feed their baby, but no matter what they tried, the milk still spilled out her cleft. She constantly screamed with hunger, and they didn't know how she'd make it. Then a friend told them about Smile Train.

Kamlesh learned to live with his cleft. His three children could not.

Everyone told Gyana to abandon her daughter when she was born with a cleft; her husband threatened to kill himself if she didn't. Afraid for both their lives, she took the child and fled.