Our Stories

First it was their children. Now, Smile Train partner GSI is giving cleft moms unimagined opportunity, too.

The model and activist on why Smile Train's work is so close to her heart.

In honor of Cleft Awareness Month 2021, Smile Train's Cleft Community Advisory Council presents real-life stories of growing up with a cleft or being the mom to a child with a cleft from people who have been there. 

Thanks to you, thousands of children will think of 2020 as the best year ever.

This cleft advocate has been changing lives since she was seven. 

When Chelsea learned Luca would be born with a cleft, she couldn't find a community to comfort her. So she started her own.