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![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
Argentina
Smiling at the End of the World
How Smile Train is bringing local cleft care to the edge of human civilisation
Argentina
Nazareno: Strength. Discipline. Smiles.
This Smile Train patient placed second in the Junior Taekwondo World Cup
![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
![Florentina with Stefania and Elena](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-05/florentina-with-stefania-and-elena-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-romania-eastern-europe-smile-train.jpg?itok=UjT1ul-g)
![Maxi's mother holding him just after his free cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-04/maxi-with-mom-after-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-paraguay-smile-train-50.jpg?itok=pNAt5Ymr)
Paraguay
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
Argentina
Luaxana: Cleft Care Amid COVID Lockdown
Facing unprecedented uncertainty, a young family found hope with Smile Train
![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
![Adelina and Ionut](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-01/ionut-with-mother-snuggle-after-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-romania.jpg?itok=yr02Ni-2)
Romania
Ionut: Separation, Isolation… Then a Smile
A mother manages cleft care through quarantine
![Felix held in the air by his mother](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-11/felix-held-by-mother-in-the-air-after-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-argentina%20%281%29.jpg?itok=W_L_BhRt)
Argentina
Félix Didn't Need Luck, He Had Smile Train And GSK
Smile Train and GSK worry about the details of care, freeing parents to focus only on their child's recovery.