United States

Capturing Compassion with Nurse Redeat Wondemu

As a nurse and a photographer, Redeat Wondemu shares how she serves a role in recovery as well as helps tell a story through capturing those special moments.

India

Driven to Lead: Q&A with Abhishek Sengupta

Abhishek Sengupta shares how his passion to help others led him to becoming the executive director of Operation Smile India after starting out as a translator.

Global

Celebrating Our Partners on World Smile Day

On World Smile Day, we're proudly celebrating a few of our partners who are changing the lives of thousands of children born with cleft conditions.

Global

Hope on The Horizon: Safely Resuming Surgery and Care

Though Operation Smile surgeries and in-person care remains postponed in most places around the world, a handful of countries offer a glimpse at the path ahead.

United States

Smile With Lay’s: Q&A with Kathy Magee

Co-Founder and President Kathy Magee shares how we've teamed up with Lay's once again to recognize real people spreading real smiles in their communities.

Colombia

Care for Brighter Futures: Luciana’s Story

VIDEO: Soon after Luciana was born with a cleft, she became a patient at Operation Smile Colombia’s care center to receive safe, effective and timely surgery.

Peru

A Front-Line Hero: Remembering Nurse Carlos Armas

Given the choice to stay home, Carlos bravely chose to serve on the front lines of the pandemic to care for the patients who needed him.

Canada

The Power of Passion: Operation Smile Nurses Marlene Do and Karina Olivo

For Canadian nurses Marlene and Karina, their love of volunteering stems from the special moments shared between them and their patients.

Morocco

Realizing an Unexpected Future

Believing that she was the only person living with a cleft lip, Siham never imagined that she would have a happy future.