Meet Lila, Nina Sabo's clown. Lila can be soft and gentle one moment and roaring like Rocky Balboa the next! For Nina, the red nose is simply who…

Meet Rudolf, or Rudolfino, depending on the day. An older clown who dances, drums and pokes his nose into absolutely everything. For Vladislav Kos,…

Lesvos, Greece, sits at one of Europe's most active points of arrival for people crossing from Türkiye by sea. It is a crossing that has become…

In April 2026, a team of three Emergency Smile clown artists brought their work to western Ukraine—reaching children and adults across a wide range of…

For the first time, Emergency Smile International brought its work to the North of France. Over three weeks, a team of three healthcare clown artists…

This World Refugee Day, as the world marks 75 years of the 1951 Refugee Convention under the theme 'Until everyone is safe', we find ourselves asking:…

You arrive. You assess. You lead. You support people in the worst moments of their lives—and you do it again tomorrow.

Meet Leopold, the slapstick ukulele-playing clown who trips on purpose, even when no one is watching. For Marko Kalc, clowning isn't about making…

Six months after our last visit to Ukraine, the Emergency Smile team returned to Zakarpattia. We did not travel just to put on a show. We came back to…