Partners

All of our partners are united by a common goal: helping children with clefts who have no place else to turn. If this is your goal, too, we’d like to partner with you.

Smile Train partner

Why Should I Become a Partner?

You Will Change the Lives of Millions

You are Needed

1 in 700 babies is born with a cleft. In India, 35,000 babies are born with a cleft every year.

You Will Become Part of a Global Service Community

Every 5 minutes, a Smile Train-sponsored cleft surgery helps a child in need.

You Will Make an Economic Impact on the World

The economic output of one cleft surgery is more than 150x the input.

What Are the Benefits?

Being a Smile Train partner gives you access to an array of grants and resources. Partners may receive support in the areas of education and training, cleft awareness, comprehensive cleft care, medical equipment, and, for families in special need, support for food and travel expenses.

What Community Am I Joining?

150+

Partner hospitals across India

20,000+

empowered medical professionals

700,000+

Smile Train-supported cleft surgeries in India since 2000

100,000+

Smile Train-supported cleft training opportunities

95+

countries where Smile Train has helped children

What Will Be My Goal?

The goal is to give every child with a cleft the opportunity for a healthy, productive life.

Contact your local Smile Train-partner team to apply to become a partner