![Sue Maughan climbs Machu Picchu for Smile Train UK](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-05/Sue%20Maughan%20fundraisers%20for%20Smile%20Train%20UK.jpg?itok=fte9fN6h)
Cleft Awareness Week: Sue’s Tremendous Trek
A long-term supporter and Cleft Community Advisory Council member on her recent fundraising campaign
![Smile Train UK fundraiser Ryan Crane runs three marathons in three weeks](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-01/IMG_2222%20cropped.jpg?itok=RW6BUFmQ)
Ryan’s Challenge: Miles for Smiles
Three marathons in three weeks for Smile Train UK
Nathan Abbott: Following My Passion
Smile Train UK Ambassador Nathan Abbott on his life-changing visit to Kenya
![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)
“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
All You Need is Smiles
Smile Train UK's Annual Carol Concert returned to the Grosvenor Chapel
![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)
Dr Grégoire Akakpo-Numado: Smile Train’s Model is Life or Death for My Patients
![A mother feeding her underweight baby with a cleft in Tanzania](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-10/ihme-cleft-malnutrition-study-smile-train-nutrition-support-50.jpg?itok=4AsabiBZ)
Smile Train-Commissioned Study Reveals Deadly Reality of Malnutrition and Clefts
![Matilda Lansdown](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-09/matilda-lansdown-50_0.jpg?itok=LkttUGAD)
Matilda Lansdown: A Remarkable Woman
Matilda’s journey wasn’t always plain sailing
![Mamie at 97](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-08/mamie-50.jpg?itok=P-h6WV-u)
"That’s Just Who She Was" 97-Year-Old Billericay Woman Leaves Behind a Legacy of Smiles
Mamie’s life wasn’t always kind. But she was.
![Cleft 22 Scotland UK](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-07/cleft-22-header.jpg?itok=oQ6sp0YQ)
Cleft 2022: Collaboration, Compassion, Excellence
Smile Train brought 200+ medical partners from 46+ countries to the world’s largest cleft conference in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
![Smile Train UK supporter Christian Hadjipateras](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-05/Christian.png?itok=ttoO6HAv)
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.