Vanesa and Sofia Complete Each Other’s Journeys
A daughter gives her mother education and a bright future
Smile Train Choirs: Hearing is Believing
Six videos of children’s lives being changed one song — and one smile — at a time
Susanna Finds Her Voice
Denied care as a child, she had to relearn to speak at age 20
The Sunrisers Race Towards a New Day for Children with Clefts
If you’re going to travel 4,000 miles to run a marathon, you do it for a cause
Smiling at the End of the World
How Smile Train is bringing local cleft care to the edge of human civilisation
Nazareno: Strength. Discipline. Smiles.
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
Cleft Lip and Palate Awareness Week: A Letter to My Younger Self
To mark Cleft Lip and Palate Awareness Week (7-15 May 2022), Christian pens a letter to his younger self on his facial difference journey and gives his 15-year-old self words of encouragement.
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
Damaris is Not an Outcast
After 17 years of exclusion, her new smile helped her community see the truth about clefts.
Kioko Can Finally Leave the Family Farm
After 17 years of isolation, a smile set him free