About Us

Over the past 25+ years, Smile Train has supported safe and quality cleft care for 2+ million children.

What Does Smile Train Do?

Smile Train is the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, with a sustainable and local model of supporting surgery and other forms of essential care. Over the last 25+ years, we have supported safe, high-quality, and FREE cleft care for 2+ million children and will continue to do so until every child in need with a cleft has access to the care they deserve.

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What Makes Smile Train Different

Your gifts sustain world-class training programs that empower cleft professionals in 75+ countries to treat patients with care that is life-changing, high-quality, and free. This is a key difference between Smile Train and mission-trip-based cleft organizations. While they fly into countries and leave, our model supports local medical professionals and local hospitals -- it’s how we build up healthcare infrastructure around the world while sponsoring care 365 days a year.

Beyond surgery, our local partners also provide speech therapy, psychological support, nutritional services, orthodontics, and other essential forms of care to ensure that children with clefts have everything they need to not just live, but thrive.