Our Stories

An interview with Smile Train partner Dr. Getaw on how Smile Train and Lifebox are making surgery safer for children with clefts

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.

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.

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

A conversation with one of our heroes.

Smile Train-Lifebox Safe Surgery and Anesthesia Initiative content series

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.

Magaly is the mother of David, age five, a Smile Train patient in Quito, Ecuador. She shared with us her son’s journey to cleft care and what Smile Train has meant for her entire family.

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.