Our Stories

Where there’s a mother’s love, there’s always hope

The incredible story of Kids Hospital in Egypt in the words of the heroic staff who made it happen.

Building a sustainable, local foundation for success in our newest partner country.

When Habeeba was born, the doctor gasped and told her mother, Ahlam, he’d never seen a baby like her before.

“We would sell everything we owned to get Rawda’s lip treated as soon as possible — nothing is going to stop us.”

During the 2014 Ebola Crisis, Dr. Jerry Brown reshaped the landscape of healthcare in Liberia, landing him on the cover of Time as their Person of the Year. Now, with Smile Train's help, he plans to do the same for cleft surgery.

When Dr. Dau started as a Smile Train partner, he knew children with clefts were often abandoned or put in orphanages. As an orphan himself, he comes to work each day determined that no other child should experience that pain.