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Susie Schaefer speaking upon receiving her honorary doctorate from SUNY Oswego
United States
May 16, 2022

Smile Train CEO Susannah Schaefer Receives Honorary Doctorate from the State University of New York

Degree recognizes a career of leadership, vision, and smiles

Smile Train participants take a selfie at the 79th annual ACPA Annual Meeting
United States
Apr 29, 2022

Renewing Ties, Renewing Purpose: The 79th Annual ACPA Meeting

Smile Train brought 200+ medical partners from 40+ countries to America’s leading cleft conference

Christian Henry holds a baby in Honduras
United States
Jan 18, 2022

Christian Henry: Providing Better Cleft Care Through Data

She was ahead of the curve on epidemiology. Now she’s bringing her visionary eye to cleft care
Journey of Smiles participants and Smile Train staff members join their fists together
Kenya
Dec 14, 2021

An Inspirational Journey to Kenya

Supporters experience Smile Train in action

Cleft Con logo
United States
Nov 23, 2021

At Cleft Con 2021, Vulnerability is Strength

“It's amazing what your cleft journey will do to your life when you embrace it.”

Baby boy at oral health training
Nigeria
Aug 23, 2021

All Aboard for Healthy Smiles

With GSK, we're providing oral health training to support children with clefts.

Cleft Awareness Month 2021 #cleftproud
United States
Jul 9, 2021

What My Cleft Taught Me

In honor of Cleft Awareness Month 2021, Smile Train's Cleft Community Advisory Council presents real-life stories of growing up with a cleft or being the mom to a child with a cleft from people who have been there. 

Iva as a girl before cleft surgery and now.
United States
May 21, 2021

How Iva Found Joy in Her Cleft

“You may have a disability, but you never have to let your disability have you.”
Smile Train Lifebox Partners
Ethiopia
Mar 17, 2021

A Growing Challenge, a Growing Commitment

Smile Train-Lifebox Safe Surgery and Anesthesia Initiative content series

Dr. Amanda Malungo holding a cleft patient after his surgery.
Zambia
Mar 2, 2021

This Woman — and Smile Train Partner — is Making History in Zambia

She's 36 years old, a mother of four, Zambia's first female plastic surgeon, and a Smile Train partner. Here's how she does it all.

Dr. Luis Cuadros with a cleft lip and palate patient and his family on a New Mexico Navajo reservation.
United States
Feb 24, 2021

"It Is Possible": Celebrating Dr. Luis Cuadros

Thanks to Dr. Cuadros — and Smile Train — having a cleft on the Navajo reservations of New Mexico is no longer a sentence to a life of isolation and sickness.

Smile Train medical partners and staff at Nigeria Cleft week
Nigeria
Dec 28, 2020

Changing Cleft Culture in Nigeria

Dedicated Smile Train partners in Nigeria are taking to the streets to educate about clefts. 

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