Fares Speaks Up
Fares felt closed off from the world, but a local Smile Train partner is helping him express himself
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Building Robots for Good? That’s Jenious
This budding inventor has known technology’s potential to save lives from the day he was born
Vanesa and Sofia Complete Each Other’s Journeys
A daughter gives her mother education and a bright future
Journey of Smiles to Guatemala was a Masterclass in Smiles
A tiny, tropical taste of the good Smile Train donors make possible each day
![The cleft choir at Hospital Notti in Mendoza, Argentina, performing on a scenic riverbank](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-02/choir-lp-header.jpg?itok=eOVLS-rR)
Smile Train Choirs: Hearing is Believing
Six videos of children’s lives being changed one song — and one smile — at a time
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Dr Sally Adel: High-Achieving Women Can Have It All
She’s a mom, professor, MD, speech therapist,, swallowing and feeding therapist, and our hero
![Mustafa with his parents before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-02/mustafa-50.jpg?itok=80lQeHIo)
They Held Mustafa Close, Then They Embraced Him
How Smile Train helped one family move from shock to smiles
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“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
Smiling at the End of the World
How Smile Train is bringing local cleft care to the edge of human civilisation
With Every Breath, Esvin Defies the Odds
His family thought a child like him could never make it. Then they encountered Smile Train