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Tanzania

Jan 12, 2023

Giving Children with Clefts Their Smiles Back in Tanzania

A peek at just some of the lifesaving work Smile Train makes possible each day

Smile Train patient Spelanzia receiving nutritional care

Tanzania

Sep 30, 2022

Cleft Nutrition Care Is Saving Lives in Tanzania

When a cleft makes feeding impossible, so is cleft surgery

Sister Najjuka celebrates with a patient's family

Uganda

Mar 15, 2022

Sister Dr. Liliana Najjuka: Miracle Worker, Smile Maker

Why Smile Train's local model matters, from one of our most inspiring partners

Kellen holds Eric after his cleft sugeries

Uganda

Jan 13, 2022

Eric: Hope is the Best Gift of All

A cleft mother’s fraught journey to care and dignity for her son and herself

Miracle with her teacher and a classmate

Uganda

Nov 9, 2021

A Miracle to Believe In

A cleft mother’s true story of faith, miracles, and Smile Train

Zimbabwe

Sep 14, 2021

Rosemary Has Something to Tell You

A patient’s mother speaks from the hospital.

Munashe smiling after free Smile Train-sponsored cleft surgery

Zimbabwe

Aug 17, 2021

Getting Munashe Back

“I can’t find the words to express the joy I have in my heart for what Smile Train did for our child.”

Livingstone with his friends after cleft lip and cleft palate surgery

Uganda

Feb 22, 2021

Livingstone Clings to Life

Cleft surgery was only one piece of Livingstone's journey from malnourished baby to star of his village.

Zimbabwe

Jul 21, 2020

Why Yona Has Six Babies Named for Her

"For me, it’s always the question of 'What if Smile Train hadn’t been there?'"

Tanzania

Jul 11, 2019

It Starts with a Smile: Osawa

Checking in with our 1,000,000th patient.

All the participants of Smile Train nutrition workshop

Burundi

Jun 19, 2019

Training The Trainer

Health workers from Burundi attend a workshop so they can better teach others about the importance of cleft nutrition.

Tanzania

Apr 6, 2015

Osawa Reborn | 8 Months Later

Just eight months after cleft surgery, this once shy boy is no longer afraid of anything.

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