Our Stories

His story proves the truly transformative difference our model makes

In Ethiopia, Dr. Bethel and Smile Train are changing the narrative around malnutrition.

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

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

When their son's life was changed forever, Héctor Rivas and Karen wanted to give the same relief to families across El Salvador.

He didn’t speak until he was 18. Now, people flock to hear him talk.

A mother’s first-person account.

Angelica was 15 years old, single, and had just given birth to a baby with a cleft. All she knew about clefts was how she had seen people with them harassed without mercy. But she promised to never give up on the little life before her.