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![Faysal and Edouardo sitting at a table with a speech therapy patient](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-10/original50-50.jpg?itok=LDSp_66f)
Togo
Smile Train Helps Spread Cleft Speech Therapy Across West Africa
How a speech therapist from Benin is helping Smile Train patients find their voice
![Xiomara holding Itzayana](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-07/itzayana-50.jpg?itok=ItU9dewU)
Peru
How Smile Train Brought My Entire Family New Smiles
Itzayana’s mother shares her powerful story in her own way
![Edoh holding a picture of himself before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-06/edoh-holding-before.jpg?itok=DPZEGjyR)
Nigeria
Susanna Finds Her Voice
Denied care as a child, she had to relearn to speak at age 20
![Akuya smiling while holding a picture of herself before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-12/akuya-50_0.jpg?itok=aBIVMluM)
Togo
“She Is Our Pride and What Gave Us Strength”
How a family from rural Togo overcame superstition and fear to get their daughter the care she needed
![Elifeleth with family](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-08/elifeleth-with-family_0.jpg?itok=eJtOMV13)
Panama
Elifeleth’s Parents Always Stayed Strong for Him
Elifeleth was born a healthy baby. With Smile Train’s help, his family watched him grow into a strong and confident child.
![Dr Gergorie Akakpo-Numado](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-10/gregorie-akakpo-numado-headshot-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-togo-chu-smile-train.jpg?itok=4r6TMKhI)
Togo
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
![Immaculata before surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-08/immaculata-before-surgery-social-media-header_0.jpg?itok=ruB-mpPm)
Nigeria
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
![Kristhell and her mother, Cinthya, hold a picture of Kristhell before Smile Train cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-03/kristhell-mother-holding-before-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-peru-smile-train.jpg?itok=3W3ZOuH_)
Peru
Shining, Sparkling, Smiling Kristhell
How one kind stranger changed a little girl’s life
![Opeyemi riding on his mother's back](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-02/opeyemi-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-smile-train-nigeria-50.jpg?itok=QliTmTFc)
Nigeria
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
![Zindia holds Joseyur in one arm and a picture of him before cleft surgery in the other](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-12/joseyur-og.jpg?itok=ij-OYiDB)
Peru
Zindia and Joseyur Keep Going
Never bet against a mother’s will to see her child smile.