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
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
Chile Jun 9, 2022 Amaro’s Smile “Fills Hearts” His story proves the truly transformative difference our model makes
Chile May 17, 2022 A Letter From Juan, a 10-Year-Old Patient from Chile What local cleft treatment means to patients, in a patient’s own words
Chile Apr 28, 2022 Fundación Gantz: Raising the Bar for Cleft Care in Latin America “Being recognised by Smile Train means Chile is now a regional leader training and educating doctors from all over the world."
Paraguay Apr 20, 2022 The Wait Is Over: Paraguay's First Local, Sustainable Cleft Care Centre Opens COVID-19 only further proved the need for empowering local healthcare experts
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
Nigeria May 5, 2021 The Pioneer Professor: Olugbemiga Ogunlewe Nigeria's first female oral surgeon has dedicated her career to improving the lives of children with clefts across the country. She found a worthy partner in Smile Train.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Oct 19, 2020 A Walk to Freedom Nkunda had to hide in the bushes on his journey to school every day. Something needed to be done.