Our Stories

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

A mother’s first-person account.

The cleft hotline, sponsored by GSK, is saving lives every day.

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. 

Our VP and Regional Director for Asia on our local response to COVID-19.

A boy from India is starving and his parents don't know what to do.

Monica has been through more than any child should, but today she shines bright.

Mamta oversees Smile Train's programs from Egypt to the Philippines but sees the whole world in the smile of each individual child.

Dr. Echeverri founded FISULAB in the belief that all aspects of cleft care are equal.

Stella breastfed her seven other children without problems, but Maria’s clefts caused the milk to come out of her nose and made her choke.

Saraswati's parents tried everything to feed their baby, but no matter what they tried, the milk still spilled out her cleft. She constantly screamed with hunger, and they didn't know how she'd make it. Then a friend told them about Smile Train.

Kamlesh learned to live with his cleft. His three children could not.