Our Approach
Smile Train works with local medical partners around the world to bring free cleft treatments and lifesaving care to children in need 365 days a year.
Sustainable Model
Our unrivalled "teach a man to fish" model focuses on training local professionals to provide a continuum of world-class cleft care in their own communities. Those trained go on to train their peers, thereby creating a sustainable system for ongoing cleft care.
Sustainable Model Items
Our Model
Smile Train is the world’s largest cleft-focused organisation, with a sustainable and local model of supporting life-changing surgery and other essential care.
Services
For most children with clefts, surgery alone is not enough. That's why we also sponsor nutritional support, dental care, orthodontic treatment, speech therapy, and other essential, comprehensive services that free our patients to not only smile, but thrive.
Where We Work
We fund 100 %-free cleft treatment to children and adults with clefts in 75+ countries through our network of local medical professionals.
Our Impact at a Glance
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