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 mums across Togo, he had to make his father mad first
Tanzania Sep 30, 2022 Cleft Nutrition Care Is Saving Lives in Tanzania When a cleft makes feeding impossible, so is cleft surgery
Bulgaria Aug 17, 2022 Kristiyana: How a Two-Hour Surgery Changed a Little Girl’s Life For Kristiyana’s family, Smile Train opened new opportunities for happier lives
Nigeria Aug 12, 2022 Immaculata: How a Mother’s Faith Brought Hope and New Beginnings A story of maternal love and faith bringing a family light out of darkness
Cameroon Jun 30, 2022 Lloyd and Floyd: From Double the Shock to Double the Smiles Sometimes opportunity is a knock. Other times, it’s a ring from your mother
Bulgaria May 6, 2022 This Cleft Mum and Speech Therapist Knows All That a Smile Can Mean A truly unique perspective from a mother who has seen it all
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
Nigeria Feb 23, 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
Romania Jan 25, 2022 Ionut: Separation, Isolation… Then a Smile A mother manages cleft care through quarantine
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 22, 2021 Damaris is Not an Outcast After 17 years of exclusion, her new smile helped her community see the truth about clefts.