From the Field

Read first-hand accounts of our medical volunteers' experiences working on projects with Operation Smile to heal children's smiles year-round across the globe. This is what Operation Smile is all about - helping children with cleft palate and cleft lip, whose lives are changed forever by the generosity of our volunteers, supporters and donors.

You can also read our Patient Stories and understand from each child’s perspective how much the gift of a smile matters after a liftetime of stares.

Lilongwe, Malawi: November 16-24, 2012
Operation Smile South Africa successfully conducted its inaugural medical…

Kisumu, Kenya: October 04-13, 2012
10 October 2012 Trevor Hebenstreit, Program Coordinator Today the…

Santa Cruz, Bolivia: October 04-12, 2012
8 November 2012 Adaía Valls Ontañón, 2012 Regan…

Guadalajara, Mexico: September 27 - October 05, 2012
This morning in the Institute we had the mission inauguration…

Educational Rotation, Assiut, Egypt: September 16-27, 2012
The team is excited have the opportunity to pilot this new program in…

Silchar, India: September 20-27, 2012
28 September 2012 Joey Feduniewicz, Program Coordinator I am happy to…

Montería, Colombia: September 17-23, 2012
18 Septembe 2012 Joseph Sigrin, Program Coordinator Screening is over! We…

La Romana, Dominican Republic: September 15-21, 2012
A little boy squeals with joy as he plays with bubbles with…

Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras: August 29 - September 12, 2012
2 September…

Shillong, India: August 24-31, 2012
The Health Minister visits the Operation Smile medical mision in…

Kashgar, China: August 23-29, 2012
27 August 2012 Samuel Lazarus, Program Coordinator Today was our busiest…

Novosibirsk, Russia: August 04-12, 2012
20 August 2012 Daria Skolozubova, Program Coordinator Hello from…

Accra, Ghana: July 26 - August 04, 2012
7 August 2012 Shien-Min Teo, U-Voice Blogger The student team and I had…

Taiyuan, China: July 19-23, 2012
The medical team reviewing procedures before the start of surgery on…

Amman, Jordan: June 22-29, 2012
26 June 2012 Melanie Boyle, Volunteer Our team is proud to…

Nghe An, Vietnam: June 10-17, 2012
21 August 2012 After a life-altering experience in Vietnam years ago,…

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: May 31 - June 09, 2012
12 June 2012  Max Ryan, Program Coordinator I am glad to…

Guadalajara, Mexico: May 24 - June 01, 2012
Rob Green, Medical Records Volunteer We screened 231…

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