Our Stories

A mother's love knows no bounds

How one kind stranger changed a little girl’s life

A Smile Train staff member’s reflections on a week of seeing cleft patients’ dreams come true

A patient’s mother on how Smile Train partners treated her daughter

Never bet against a mother’s will to see her child smile.

After experiencing some of the lowest depths imaginable, Anghelo and his family now celebrate their miraculous lives.

A mother’s account of her child’s journey to cleft care in her own words.

Adriana is bringing nutrition education to cleft-affected families across Peru.

Neilsen helped a mission organization that flew doctors into Madagascar to provide cleft care, but he knew local doctors were as capable as those flying in. 

Doha is ready for her next big challenge — building an infrastructure for sustainable, local cleft care in her native country as Smile Train’s first regional director for Morocco.