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Nigeria
Feb 2, 2023

Susanna Finds Her Voice

Denied care as a child, she had to relearn to speak at age 20

Angola
Jan 17, 2023

Behind the Smiles: Dr. Preciosa Bento

Our Program Manager for Southern Africa reflects on what working at Smile Train is really about

Tanzania
Jan 12, 2023

Giving Children with Clefts Their Smiles Back in Tanzania

A peek at just some of the lifesaving work Smile Train makes possible each day

Kenya
Dec 29, 2022

The Sunrisers Race Towards a New Day for Children with Clefts

If you’re going to travel 4,000 miles to run a marathon, you do it for a cause

Akuya smiling while holding a picture of herself before cleft surgery
Togo
Dec 28, 2022

“She Is Our Pride and What Gave Us Strength”

How a family from rural Togo overcame superstition and fear to get their daughter the care she needed

Alimatu and Rawdah
Ghana
Oct 27, 2022

My Husband Left When Our Daughter Was Born With a Cleft

But thanks to Smile Train and my family, we have never been alone
Dr. Gergorie Akakpo-Numado
Togo
Oct 13, 2022

Dr. Grégoire Akakpo-Numado: Smile Train’s Model is Life or Death for My Patients

To begin a career bringing tears of joy to mothers across Togo, he had to make his father mad first
Sister Najjuka celebrates with a patient's family
Uganda
Mar 15, 2022

Sister Dr. Liliana Najjuka: Miracle Worker, Smile Maker

Why Smile Train's local model matters, from one of our most inspiring partners

Opeyemi riding on his mother's back
Nigeria
Feb 22, 2022

Opeyemi: Families, Like Smiles, Come in Many Forms

His father abandoned the family when he was born with a cleft. His mother never stopped trying to make him smile
Kenya
Dec 23, 2021

Damaris is Not an Outcast

After 17 years of exclusion, her new smile helped her community see the truth about clefts
Kenya
Nov 17, 2021

Vivian Exemplifies Beauty Inside and Out

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. 

Miracle with her teacher and a classmate
Uganda
Nov 9, 2021

A Miracle to Believe In

A cleft mother’s true story of faith, miracles, and Smile Train

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