Gift of a lifetime

A baby with a cleft lip looks up while lying in a blanket, with a person in a purple "Operation Smile" shirt in the background.

This Christmas, you can save the life of a baby like Janat.

Every three minutes, a baby like Janat is born with a cleft lip or palate. Many struggle to feed and grow weaker every day. Without urgent medical help, some don’t survive.

This Christmas, your donation could change everything. In as little as 45 minutes, our medical teams can give a baby like Janat life-saving cleft surgery — and with it, the chance to survive and thrive.

Please don’t wait. Donate today to help save a baby like Janat.

Children like Janat need you

Born with a cleft lip and palate, every feed was a struggle and her life was at risk. Thanks to emergency nutritional support from Operation Smile, she survived – but for children like her, the danger isn’t over until they can receive the cleft surgery they desperately need.

Many children are still waiting for this life-saving operation. With your support, Operation Smile can reach them with free, life-changing cleft care.

Please donate now to help provide urgent surgery for children like Janat.

A baby with a cleft lip wrapped in a soft yellow blanket is held by an adult while a medical professional wearing gloves examines the child's mouth.

Cleft surgery: the gift of a lifetime

Your support doesn’t just save lives, it transforms them. Your support doesn’t just save lives – it transforms them. With cleft surgery, a child not only survives, but has the chance to grow up free from pain, stigma and bullying.

This Christmas, your donation could be the difference between a life cut short and one filled with opportunity. Please help provide life-changing surgery for a child – the gift of a lifetime.

A young girl in a pink dress smiles, holding a photo of herself before cleft surgery. She stands outdoors, framed by trees.

Joseph’s story

Joseph was bullied every day at school because of his cleft. Children mocked him and even threw stones. His father was heartbroken but couldn’t afford the surgery his son needed.

Thanks to support from people like you, Operation Smile gave Joseph free cleft surgery, and his life was transformed. Today, Joseph is thriving in school and smiling with confidence.

When you give the gift of cleft surgery, you change a child’s life forever. Please don’t wait – donate now.

Joseph after his life-changing cleft surgery. Photo: Jörgen Hildebrandt

Please give what you can today. Thank you.

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Baby Janat with mum before cleft lip and cleft palate surgery