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Zimbabwe
Dr Tsitsi Sithole Makes History by Ensuring the Future
Meet Zimbabwe’s first female paediatric anaesthetist
![Manthan before and after surgery for his cleft](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2024-01/manthan-50.jpg?itok=TcrZQwIR)
India
Manthan: Sometimes, our Patients’ Mothers Need a “Mother”
Ashwini opens up about how our local partners healed her, too
![Adjoa smiling and holding a picture of herself before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-12/adjoa-50.jpg?itok=vtSW6vfv)
United States
Adjoa Survived to Smile
She spent 45 years shackled by her cleft. Now, she feels she can do anything
![Olanike holding Muaz and kissing him on the head](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-12/muaz-50.jpg?itok=BC2Taxi7)
![Zinash holding Marsillas and a picture of her before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-11/marsillas-50.jpg?itok=-DnfTzeU)
![Paulwin smiling and holding a picture of herself before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-10/paulwin-50.jpg?itok=GdDLBpqy)
India
Paulwin: A Daughter’s Cleft, a Family’s Journey
When Paulwin couldn’t eat, neither could her mother. Now they are both smiling
![Faysal and Edouardo sitting at a table with a speech therapy patient](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-10/original50-50.jpg?itok=LDSp_66f)
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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United States
Priya Desai: A Positive Disruptive Force in Global Health
A peek at life at the intersection of maths and magic
![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
![Anmolpreet smiling and holding a picture of himself as a baby before cleft surgery](/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_470_x_305/public/2023-03/anmolpreet-50.jpg?itok=3-LTWNsr)
India
I Wasn’t Prepared for Anmolpreet to Have a Cleft, Too
A mother doesn’t want history to repeat