Our Stories

When their son's life was changed forever, Héctor Rivas and Karen wanted to give the same relief to families across El Salvador.

He didn’t speak until he was 18. Now, people flock to hear him talk.

A mother’s first-person account.

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.

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.

A boy from India is starving and his parents don't know what to do.

Saraswati's parents tried everything to feed their baby, but no matter what they tried, the milk still spilled out her cleft. She constantly screamed with hunger, and they didn't know how she'd make it. Then a friend told them about Smile Train.