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Mexico
Dec 20, 2022

A Love Song for Ana Sofia, and All Children with Clefts

"An incomplete smile that completes me…"

Mexico
Jul 5, 2022

Eduardo’s Oaths

Inspired by his unstoppable mother, Eduardo took control of his life. Now he’s inspiring other children with clefts do the same
Chile
Apr 28, 2022

Fundación Gantz: Raising the Bar for Cleft Care in Latin America

“Being recognized by Smile Train means Chile is now a regional leader training and educating doctors from all over the world."

Maxi's mother holding him just after his free cleft surgery
Paraguay
Apr 20, 2022

The Wait Is Over: Paraguay's First Local, Sustainable Cleft Care Center Opens

COVID-19 only further proved the need for empowering local healthcare experts
Argentina
Apr 5, 2022

Luaxana: Cleft Care Amid COVID Lockdown

Facing unprecedented uncertainty, a young family found hope with Smile Train

Miss Universe Andrea Meza with two Smile Train patients in Mexico
Mexico
Sep 2, 2021

Miss Universe Comes Home to Make Mexico Smile

For Andrea Meza, clefts are personal.

Brazil
May 14, 2021

Bringing Smiles to the Amazon with Yaçuri

How our local partner in the Amazon is reaching across borders to bring vital cleft care to underserved indigenous communities.
Training doctors to provide free cleft lip and palate surgery in Asuncion, Paraguay.
Paraguay
May 11, 2021

Smile Train’s Next Stop: Paraguay

Building a sustainable, local foundation for success in our newest partner country.

Adriana Zavalaga Smile Train Nutrition
Peru
Mar 9, 2021

Adriana Zavalaga: It Starts with Nutrition

Adriana is bringing nutrition education to cleft-affected families across Peru.

Adahara, on horseback, smiling in the Mexican sun after cleft treatment.
Mexico
Mar 2, 2021

The Smile That Will Spark Hundreds More

Adahara knew she was lucky to receive all the cleft treatment she needed from an early age. She's training to become a Smile Train partner because she knows not every child with a cleft is so lucky.

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.

Dr Meza with his arm around a dental patient
Peru
Jun 29, 2020

Dental Care for Those Who Need it Most

It broke Dr. Meza's heart to see his patients with clefts struggle to eat, speak, sleep, or even feel good about themselves because of poor dental health. So he partnered with Smile Train to do something about it.

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