Our Stories

An Amazonian experience

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

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

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

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.

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. 

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

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