Our Stories

There is confidence and beauty in every smile.

How Smile Train helped a budding artist bloom through the unimaginable

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

For Andrea Meza, clefts are personal.

For adults with clefts, a smile also means fulfilling work with dignity.

Dr. Ingrid Leal lends her expertise to improve nutrition programs in the Philippines

Adahara knew she was lucky to receive all the cleft treatment she needed from an early age. She's training to become a Smile Train partner because she knows not every child with a cleft is so lucky.

Elizabeth's family tries to find the cleft surgery she desperately needs, in the middle of a lockdown.