
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 is Teaching the World to Fish
Meet our Director for Education and Training for Latin America and the Caribbean

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

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

A Family’s Race to Spread Cleft Awareness in Bulgaria

A Mother Learns to Trust
Bringing Smiles to the Amazon with Yaçuri

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.

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.

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.

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