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Mariane Goes
Brazil
Aug 9, 2022

Mariane Goes is Teaching the World to Fish

Meet our Director for Education and Training for Latin America and the Caribbean 

Comrade Olubunmi Lawal-Aiyedun
Nigeria
Dec 7, 2021

Nursing Leadership in Pediatric Surgical Care

Comrade Olubunmi Lawal-Aiyedun

 

Nigeria
Sep 23, 2021

Meet Nigeria's Sing and Smile Club

So often, clefts cause speech issues that make children embarrassed to speak, even after surgery. Our solution? Teach them how to sing.
Nigeria
Aug 24, 2021

Empowering Cleft Moms in Nigeria

First it was their children. Now, Smile Train partner GSI is giving cleft moms unimagined opportunity, too.

Baby boy at oral health training
Nigeria
Aug 23, 2021

All Aboard for Healthy Smiles

With GSK, we're providing oral health training to support children with clefts.

WACS surgeons in bright Smile Train scrubs
Nigeria
Jul 29, 2021

Building Capacity Through Education

How Dr. Aliyu Farinyaro and Dr. Amaka Ehighibe are Leading the Way

Brazil
May 14, 2021

Bringing Smiles to the Amazon with Yaçuri

How our local partner in the Amazon is reaching across borders to bring vital cleft care to underserved indigenous communities.
Smile Train medical partners and staff at Nigeria Cleft week
Nigeria
Dec 28, 2020

Changing Cleft Culture in Nigeria

Dedicated Smile Train partners in Nigeria are taking to the streets to educate about clefts. 

Professor Ogunlewe first woman cleft surgeon in Nigeria
Nigeria
Feb 21, 2018

The Pioneer Professor: Olugbemiga Ogunlewe

Nigeria's first female oral surgeon has dedicated her career to improving the lives of children with clefts across the country. She found a worthy partner in Smile Train.

Nguyen Van Dau Smile Train partner
Vietnam
Jun 8, 2017

From Tragic Beginnings To Smiles In Vietnam

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.

 

Gracee in mask and scrubs
Philippines
Mar 30, 2017

Gracee's Story: Patient to Nurse

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