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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
Kellen holds Eric after his cleft sugeries
Uganda
Jan 13, 2022

Eric: Hope is the Best Gift of All

A cleft mother’s fraught journey to care and dignity for her son and herself
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
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

Mouhamed with his parents
Cameroon
Nov 22, 2021

A Son’s Cleft, a Father’s Destiny

How Mouhamed’s cleft might forever change cleft care in Cameroon

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

Benjamin thinking in a field in Kenya after his Smile Train-sponsored cleft surgery
Kenya
Oct 28, 2021

Benjamin’s Smile Has Overcome the Unimaginable

And he’s only four years old.
Nigeria
Sep 23, 2021

Meet Nigeria's Sing and Smile Club

So often, clefts cause speech issues that make children embarrassed to speak, even after surgery. Our solution? Teach them how to sing.
Rosemary holding Nyasha
Zimbabwe
Sep 14, 2021

Rosemary Has Something to Tell You

A patient’s mother speaks from the hospital.
Nigeria
Aug 24, 2021

Empowering Cleft Moms in Nigeria

First it was their children. Now, Smile Train partner GSI is giving cleft moms unimagined opportunity, too.

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