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![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
![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)
Nigeria
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
![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
![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)
Nigeria
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
![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
![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
![A German Christmas market](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-12/german-midwife-smile-train-christmas-market.jpg?itok=vNi_Jv-A)
Germany
The Ultimate Tribute to a Life Cut Short
A touching Christmas story from Germany
![Comrade Olubunmi Lawal-Aiyedun](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-12/oral-health-training-group%20%284%29.png?itok=8hl26D85)
![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
![sokim](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2021-12/sokim-50.jpg?itok=3YUwZsDu)
Cambodia
Sokim: A Moment of Panic, a Lifetime of Smiles
Your support for Smile Train heals patients’ parents and communities, too
![Smile with his family. His dad holds an image of him before Smile Train-sponsored cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2022-01/smile-rai-with-family-after-smile-train-free-cleft-lip-palate-surgery-nepal.jpg?itok=uYKGyodm)
Nepal
Destiny's Smile
Even knowing help is available isn’t always enough to remove the stigma of having a cleft.