Operation Smile

Throughout the world, Operation Smile volunteers repair childhood facial deformities while building public and private partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families. Together, we create smiles, change lives, heal humanity.

Operation Smile's volunteer medical professionals travel around the world to treat children suffering from facial deformities. Their efforts mean new smiles for thousands of children!

Operation Smile was founded by Dr. William P. Magee, a plastic surgeon, and his wife, Kathleen, a nurse and clinical social worker. In 1982, the Magees traveled to the Philippines with a group of medical volunteers to repair children's cleft lips and cleft palates. They discovered hundreds of children ravaged by deformities, and although they helped many children, the volunteers were forced to turn away the majority of those who sought help. The Magees saw the need and Operation Smile was born.

Operation Smile coordinates more than 30 Medical Mission sites in 25 countries annually. Last year, medical volunteers provided free surgeries for 9,334 children through international and local, in-country medical missions. Operation Smile’s partner countries include:

Bolivia • Brazil • Cambodia • China • Colombia • Ecuador • Egypt Ethiopia • Gaza Strip/West Bank • Honduras • India • Jordan • Kenya • Mexico • Morocco • Nicaragua • Panama • Paraguay • Peru • Philippines • Russia • Thailand • Venezuela • Vietnam

Contact them at 1-888-OPSMILE (888-677-6453) for more information.

Please visit http://www.operationsmile.org/help/donate/