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Zimbabwe
Dr Tsitsi Sithole Makes History by Ensuring the Future
Meet Zimbabwe’s first female paediatric anaesthetist
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Ethiopia
Mariam Was Bullied Out of School Because of Her Cleft
Now, nothing can stop her
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Colombia
Partnering with Dentsply Sirona to Transform Cleft Care in Colombia
And worldwide
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Togo
Smile Train Helps Spread Cleft Speech Therapy Across West Africa
How a speech therapist from Benin is helping Smile Train patients find their voice
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Ethiopia
History Did Not Repeat Itself with Makiba
In the shadow of unthinkable tragedy, Smile Train helped turn sorrow into hope
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Colombia
Smile Train Choirs: Hearing is Believing
Six videos of children’s lives being changed one song — and one smile — at a time
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Ethiopia
Never Sleep on Yohanes
More proof that nothing is stronger than a mother’s love
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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
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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