Magaly is the mother of David, age five, a Smile Train patient in Quito, Ecuador. She shared with us her son’s journey to cleft care and what Smile Train has meant for her entire family.
Andrea Anaya is the Program Manager for Smile Train Central America. Below, she tells us about her start at Smile Train, the objectives and goals in the region for 2021, her favorite memories of the organization and much more.
Smile Train and the entire cleft community mourn the loss of Dr. Hirji S. Adenwalla, a truly heroic Smile Maker who treated thousands of children in need at Jubilee Mission Hospital in the southern Indian city of Thrissur from 1958 until his death May 27, 2020 at age 90.
Dr. Daniely Farias is a Smile Train partner plastic surgeon in Campo Grande, Brazil who is now on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19 in her community. She shared with us how this pandemic has transformed her work, her community, and her understanding of herself as a doctor.