Non-Governmental Organization
Ukrainian Smile
We support the future of a free Ukraine by providing the next generation with
access to education, welfare, and healthcare.
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Mission
We strive to ensure that every child in Ukraine has access to quality
education, healthcare, and well-being.
education, healthcare,
and well-being.
We believe that by providing this to the children of Ukraine, we can help them unlock their potential and become active members of society.
education, healthcare,
and well-being.
We believe that by providing this to the children of Ukraine, we can help them unlock their potential and become active members of society.
Treatment of children with cleft
We support children with cleft and their families, connect with cleft doctors and teams, and offer comprehensive rehabilitation
Education
We are creating a digital educational platform that provides personalized teaching and learning for ALL school students
Treatment of children with cleft
We support children with cleft and their families, connect with cleft doctors and teams, and offer comprehensive rehabilitation
Education
We are creating a digital educational platform that provides personalized teaching and learning for ALL school students
Team
Ivan Stepurin
President of the Organization
Natalia Tetrueva
Leading maxillofacial surgeon of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgery at the National Children's Hospital "Ohmatdyt"
Olena Novomodna
Project Manager, “Cleft Care for Children” Program
Maryna Ahlotkova
Project Manager
Team
Ivan Stepurin
President of the Organization
Natalia Tetrueva
Leading maxillofacial surgeon of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgery at the National Children's Hospital "Ohmatdyt"
Olena Novomodna
Project Manager, “Cleft Care for Children” Program
Maryna Ahlotkova
Project Manager
Nina Dombrowska
Partner
Tetiana Matusevych
Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant
Oleg Golubchenko
Maxillofacial surgeon
Anatolii Tymoshenko
Maxillofacial Surgeon, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgery, National Children’s Specialized Hospital “Ohmatdyt”
Ihor Kolodka
Maxillofacial Surgeon, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgery, National Children’s Specialized Hospital “Ohmatdyt”
Olena Anopriienko
Mental Health Consultant
Kateryna Kryvenko
Speech therapist at the Center for Medical, Psychological, Social and Rehabilitation Assistance to Children of the "Ohmatdyt"
Kateryna Yurchenko
Psychologist, Center for Medical, Psychological, and Social Rehabilitation of Children, Ohmatdyt
Iryna Klymenko
Speech Therapist, Center for Medical, Psychological, and Social Rehabilitation of Children, National Children’s Specialized Hospital “Ohmatdyt”
Anastasiia Tokarchuk
Medical Psychologist, Center for Medical, Psychological, and Social Rehabilitation of Children, Ohmatdyt
Liubov Sanenko
Dentist, Orthodontist, Dental Department, National Children’s Specialized Hospital “Ohmatdyt”
Yulia Podolska
Lawyer, Vice President of the Ukrainian Smile NGO
Inna Khyzhniak
MHPSS and EiE Consultant
Kateryna Zelinska-Liubchenko
Regional Coordination Consultant, Sumy Region
Volodymyr Diduk
Regional Coordination Consultant, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia Regions
Olena Starostenko
Regional Coordination Consultant, Kharkiv Region
Iryna Martynenko
Advisor to MHPSS
Anastasiia Kachmar
Regional Coordination Consultant on Case Management
News
10/3/2025
World Smile Day® with Smile Train
9/30/2025
On September 25–26, the traditional annual scientific and practical event “Ohmatdyt Readings” was held at NDSL Ohmatdyt.
9/9/2025
Ukrainian doctors return to Ukraine with new expertise to improve treatment for children with cleft lip and palate.
8/5/2025
The summer speech therapy camp “Smile – 2025” is the third stage of the project “VOICE WITHOUT BORDERS: Speech therapy assistance for children with facial clefts.”
6/14/2025
Speech therapy classes. With the support of the international organization Smile Train, the Ukrainian Smile NGO has implemented the second stage of the project “Voice Without Borders: Speech Therapy Assistance for Children with Clefts.”
5/8/2025
The Ukrainian Smile NGO, in cooperation with the Ohmatdyt National Children's Specialized Hospital, is implementing the project “VOICE WITHOUT BORDERS: Speech Therapy Assistance for Children with Clefts” with the support of the international organization Smile Train. The first stage is an online training course entitled “Multidisciplinary Management of Rehabilitation for Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate.”
3/6/2025
Online meeting between parents of children with cleft lip and palate and Lyubov Sanenko, orthodontist at the dental department of the Ohmatdyt National Children's Specialized Hospital.
12/30/2024
The Bogomolets National Medical University hosted an international scientific and practical conference entitled “Pediatric Maxillofacial Surgery: Achievements, Problems, Prospects.”
10/30/2024
On October 29, 2024, the State Information Agency Ukrinform hosted an advocacy event entitled Smiles for Ukraine: Creating a Healthier World Together - The Smiles of Ukraine's Children - The Future We Create Together.
10/15/2024
Online meeting for parents who have children with cleft lip and palate, with Kateryna Kryvenko, speech therapist at the Center for Medical, Psychological, Social, and Rehabilitation Assistance to Children at the Ohmatdyt National Children's Specialized Hospital.
8/13/2024
Oleg Golubchenko, a pediatric maxillofacial surgeon at the Department of Reconstructive and Plastic Microsurgery at Ohmatdyt National Children's Specialized Hospital, received an award—the Order of Courage, III degree—from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
8/6/2024
A tragic event at Ohmatdyt on the first day of the Smile-2024 summer camp
7/19/2024
Smile Train President and CEO Susanne Schaeffer expressed her deepest condolences to Ukraine following Russia's missile strike on the Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital.
7/16/2024
Pediatric surgeon Natalia Tetrueva recounts the events of July 8, describing how maxillofacial surgeons from the Department of Maxillofacial and Plastic Microsurgery performed surgery on a child under Russian shelling at the Ohmatdyt National Children's Specialized Hospital.
7/11/2024
Oleg Golubchenko, a doctor at Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital, spoke about the “arrival” during the operation in his interviews with TSN and Ukrinform.
7/4/2024
A Ukrainian delegation of maxillofacial surgeons took part in the international scientific conference The European Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association Congress in Milan.
7/2/2024
As part of international medical cooperation, renowned French surgeons Roman Khonsari and Pierre Corr, together with specialists from the Ohmatdyt National Children's Specialized Hospital, performed seven maxillofacial and craniofacial surgeries on Ukrainian children with severe facial and skull pathologies.
4/5/2024
Ukrainian Smile and Smile Train are helping Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital improve the quality of medical care for children with facial clefts.
4/2/2024
During an online meeting, Kateryna Yurchenko, a psychologist at the Center for Medical, Psychological, and Social Rehabilitation Assistance to Children at Ohmatdyt, answered questions from parents of children with facial clefts.
3/23/2024
Ukrainian speech therapists learn from leading European specialists. Three-day training seminar in Bucharest, Romania.
3/13/2024
Leading American maxillofacial surgeon Oksana Jackson and her team are back in Ukraine.
3/3/2024
The Ukrainian Smile NGO and Ohmatdyt National Children's Specialized Hospital signed a memorandum of cooperation on the treatment of children with cleft lip and palate.
2/16/2024
Online meeting for parents with children with facial clefts with leading maxillofacial surgeon Natalia Tetruyeva from the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgery at Ohmatdyt National Children's Specialized Hospital.
2/2/2024
Ivan Stepurin, president of the Ukrainian Smile NGO, received a letter of thanks from the Ohmatdyt National Children's Specialized Hospital on the hospital's 130th anniversary.
11/20/2023
A conference entitled “Multidisciplinary Approach to Comprehensive Rehabilitation of Patients with Congenital Diseases of the Maxillofacial Region” was held at the Kyiv Children's Hospital No. 7.
8/22/2023
As part of the cooperation between OHMATDYT National Children's Specialized Hospital and the Israeli organization One Heart, a summer camp for children with cleft lip and palate was organized in Lviv.
8/7/2023
Oksana Jackson, a surgeon in the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Oral Surgery, co-director of the Cleft Lip and Palate Treatment Program and the Velopharyngeal Dysfunction Program (USA), is on another mission in Lviv.
8/6/2023
The Ukrainian Smile NGO donated modern equipment to the OHMATDYT National Children's Specialized Hospital for providing medical care to children with cleft lip and palate.
7/21/2023
During the Global Health Summit in Berlin, Natalia Tetruyeva was named Health Heroine of 2022! The doctor received the Women in Global Health award.
7/12/2023
For the first time in Ukraine, the Ohmatdyt National Children's Specialized Hospital hosted a scientific and practical conference with the international participation of renowned specialists on “Current issues in the treatment of children with congenital cleft lip and palate.”
News
10/3/2025
301 World Smile Day® with Smile Train
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ProCredit Bank AG
IBAN
UA243209840000026003210440499
EDRPOU code
320984
