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Art Impact Brazil staff and partners smiling and holding Smile Train signs
Brazil
Jan 23, 2023

Art Impact for Health Brazil

An Amazonian experience

Kristiyana smelling a rose
Bulgaria
Aug 17, 2022

Kristiyana: How a Two-Hour Surgery Changed a Little Girl's Life

For Kristiyana’s family, Smile Train opened new opportunities for happier lives

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 

Yordanka with her son Dani
Bulgaria
May 6, 2022

This Cleft Mom and Speech Therapist Knows All That a Smile Can Mean

A truly unique perspective from a mother who has seen it all
Smile Train patient Smile Rai with his parents, who are holding a picture of him before his free cleft surgery in Nepal
Nepal
Sep 7, 2021

Destiny’s Smile

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

Lev Simeonov at the Run with a Smile Event in Vratsa, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Aug 12, 2021

A Family’s Race to Spread Cleft Awareness in Bulgaria

Nothing stops this cleft dad.
Mrighna with her mother after free Smile Train cleft surgery in Nepal
Nepal
Jul 6, 2021

A Mother Learns to Trust

A cleft mom from Nepal on how Smile Train helped heal her whole family.
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.
David's mom holds an image her son before cleft surgery
Ecuador
Feb 1, 2021

David’s Cleft Journey in His Mother’s Words

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.

Sushila holds the image of herself before cleft surgery
Nepal
Sep 10, 2019

A Smile Educates

Everyone told Gyana to abandon her daughter when she was born with a cleft; her husband threatened to kill himself if she didn't. Afraid for both their lives, she took the child and fled. 

Fernando in scrubs with arms crossed
Ecuador
Jun 11, 2019

A Father’s Legacy of Smiles

How one man built a legacy of smiles that will last for generations — on both sides of the operating table.

Andrea in Smile Train scrubs
Ecuador
Mar 7, 2019

Treating the Whole Child in Ecuador

Meet the brother-sister duo transforming cleft care in the mountains of Ecuador.

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