![Milena smiling on a playground, tossing her hair back](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-08/milena-hairflip-5050.jpg?itok=1NQST_sI)
Before She Was Even Born, Milena’s Parents Were Looking Out for Her
Thanks to them, she wears her smile with pride
Smile Train’s Summer Reception in Pictures
“Smilemania” overtakes Sir Paul McCartney’s exhibition
![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
Susanna Finds Her Voice
Denied care as a child, she had to relearn to speak at age 20
All You Need is Smiles
Smile Train UK's Annual Carol Concert returned to the Grosvenor Chapel
![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
![Immaculata before surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-08/immaculata-before-surgery-social-media-header_0.jpg?itok=ruB-mpPm)
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
![Mariane Goes](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-07/mariane-goes-cleft-week-natal-brazil-day-one.jpg?itok=o-GCw-2-)
Mariane Goes is Teaching the World to Fish
Meet our Director for Education and Training for Latin America and the Caribbean
![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.
![Opeyemi riding on his mother's back](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-02/opeyemi-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-smile-train-nigeria-50.jpg?itok=QliTmTFc)
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
![Steve Anthony with his three sisters atop Mt. Snowdon](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-01/steve-anthony-smile-train-uk-with-family.jpg?itok=_IVSxomt)