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This woman will travel 15 hours through thick jungles just to make one child smile

Facing unprecedented uncertainty, a young family found hope with Smile Train

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

How Dr. Aliyu Farinyaro and Dr. Amaka Ehighibe are Leading the Way

Nurse Celeste always tried to avoid working with the babies with clefts in her neonatal ward because she felt unable to meet their needs. Then her son was born with a cleft.

How one man built a legacy of smiles that will last for generations — on both sides of the operating table.

Meet the brother-sister duo transforming cleft care in the mountains of Ecuador.

Nigeria's first female oral surgeon has dedicated her career to improving the lives of children with clefts across the country. She found a worthy partner in Smile Train.

Gracee was born with a cleft lip and palate in the Philippines and she was incessantly bullied growing up.

Half a century. Hundreds and hundreds of lives saved. One legendary doctor.