Our Stories

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

How a mother found the strength to raise eight boys on her own and a son found the strength to smile.

She's 36 years old, a mother of four, Zambia's first female plastic surgeon, and a Smile Train partner. Here's how she does it all.

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

Sofia would hide at school so people wouldn't hear her voice. Now she wants the world to hear every word. 

Dental and orthodontic care is changing lives in Argentina. 

How a Smile Train partner from Argentina helps children speak with confidence.

Nutrition is the first step in a child's cleft treatment journey.

Aunt Rebecca did not trust that her sister would provide Samson with the special care he needed. So, she brought him back to the place he was born, the tiny-two room house he now shared with 13 relatives, all female.

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

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.