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After 17 years of isolation, a smile set him free

Supporters experience Smile Train in action

When Vivian started school, the kids laughed at her so much she didn't want to live. Then she met someone who told her she should become a model. 

A mother's love + Smile Train and GSK = one confident young man

Even when the whole world seemed against her, Damaris persisted. And won.

Maria has been waiting for cleft surgery since 1953. When the opportunity came, her son wanted her to pass. 

How Smile Train Partners Are Treating Children with Clefts Through the Pandemic 

Surgeon. Activist. Teacher. Woman.

Ayubu's classmates harassed him relentlessly for years because of a local myth about clefts. When he was 10 years old, his mother heard there was hope at a hospital less than an hour away.

Kamse was excited for his first day of school, but, when the day finally came, he was taunted all day long. Kamse ran home and begged his grandfather never to make him go back.