Our Stories

Just the story you need this Father’s Day

In Ethiopia, Dr. Bethel and Smile Train are changing the narrative around malnutrition.

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

Our model of empowering local cleft teams makes all the difference for families like Aaron's.

How Smile Train helped a girl who nearly didn't survive infancy grow to become queen of the rink.

It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's Smile Train patient Mia from Argentina. 

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.