![Fy looking up at the camera](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-07/DSCF3525-5050.jpg?itok=7n3Xlvuv)
Showing 24 of 30 results
Filters
![Dr Ann Kummer smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-04/ann-kummer-50.jpg?itok=abNN_0-d)
United States
Dr Ann Kummer Wrote the Book on Cleft Care Management — Literally
Why this cleft speech pioneer is so passionate about donating to Smile Train
![Makiba holding a picture of herself before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-04/makiba-50.jpg?itok=ynwjkZ1H)
Ethiopia
History Did Not Repeat Itself with Makiba
In the shadow of unthinkable tragedy, Smile Train helped turn sorrow into hope
![Candace Mauck and Troy Reinhart smiling at a Team Empower event](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-01/candace-50.jpg?itok=h9vum5ix)
United States
My Marathon Summer
Our Manager of Team EMPOWER reflects on three marathons in three weeks
![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
![Nanette standing in front of her self-portrait, A Lotus Grows in the Mud](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-06/nanette-in-front-a-lotus-grows-in-the-mud.jpg?itok=vzLc6-5G)
United States
Nanette Fluhr: Art as a Medium for Connection
For Nanette, exercising her artistic talent is about making a positive impact in the community.
Ethiopia
A Major Change in Children's Surgery
An interview with Smile Train partner Dr Getaw on how Smile Train and Lifebox are making surgery safer for children with clefts
![Sister Najjuka celebrates with a patient's family](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-03/sister-najjuka-with-patient-family-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-mbara-uganda.jpg?itok=Q59QNMzZ)
Uganda
Sister Dr Liliana Najjuka: Miracle Worker, Smile Maker
Why Smile Train's local model matters, from one of our most inspiring partners
![Kellen holds Eric after his cleft sugeries](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-01/eric-and-kellen-after-free-cleft-lip-cleft-palate-surgery-smile-train-uganda.jpg?itok=iyOiOqzq)
Uganda
Eric: Hope is the Best Gift of All
A cleft mother’s fraught journey to care and dignity for her son and herself
![Cleft Con logo](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-12/cleft-con-smile-train-title-50.jpg?itok=WZ7TieQK)
United States
At Cleft Con 2021, Vulnerability is Strength
“It's amazing what your cleft journey will do to your life when you embrace it.”
![doctors performing surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-12/oral-health-training-group%20%283%29_0.png?itok=VM2zhTdh)
United States
Call for Proposals
Smile Train and Lifebox Launch Request for Proposals for Capnography Device
![Miracle, at right, with her teacher and a classmate](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-12/miracle-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-uganda-smile-train-with-teacher-and-friend.jpg?itok=DOvtvvxR)
Uganda
A Miracle to Believe In
A cleft mother’s true story of faith, miracles, and Smile Train