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![Yohanes and his mother smiling and holding a picture of him before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-01/yohanes-50.jpg?itok=efOKM9gV)
Ethiopia
Never Sleep on Yohanes
More proof that nothing is stronger than a mother’s love
![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
![Marciel with Ernie, Jr. and Ermalen before their cleft surgeries](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-10/pacatang-free-cleft-surgery-philippines-50_0.jpg?itok=oKYWu80j)
Philippines
Maricel: Both My Daughters Have Clefts and I Consider Myself the Luckiest Mum on Earth
One mother’s cleft journey in her own words
![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
![Azza smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-09/azza-smiling-innovinity-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-egypt.jpg?itok=hnySRc1C)
Egypt
Innovinity Gives Children With Clefts Their Big Breaks
Our partners understand that children with clefts need so much more than surgery to thrive
![Dr Tarek](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-08/dr-tarek-nile-cleft-center-giza-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-hearing-smile-train-egypt-50.jpg?itok=mb4i62UO)
Egypt
Dr Tarek: Hearing Care is Cleft Care
Why one of the world’s foremost experts on clefts and hearing is a proud Smile Train partner
![Sama](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-05/sama-smiling-after-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-smile-train-egypt-50.jpg?itok=PIj2HjnL)
Egypt
Sama’s Mother Never Gave Up on Her. Neither Will We
Where there’s a mother’s love, there’s always hope
![Sondos with her orthodontist](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-05/sondos-with-orthodontist-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-care-egypt-smile-train-50.jpg?itok=ciVwghKs)
Egypt
Against All Odds, Sondos Designs a Future
Nearly starved at birth, orphaned at five, bullied relentlessly, Sondros has survived a lot in nine years. Now she’s ready to thrive
![Julia smiling in front of some plants](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-01/julia-capilli-plants-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-philippines-smile-train.jpg?itok=DRITBBrW)
Philippines
Julia: A Rare and Beautiful Flower
How Smile Train helped a budding artist bloom through the unimaginable
![Habeeba's family holds image of her before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-05/habeeba-family-hold-before-image_0.jpg?itok=ZLeorNaU)
Egypt
A Father In Disbelief
When Habeeba was born, the doctor gasped and told her mother, Ahlam, he'd never seen a baby like her before.