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![Aymane shares his story.](https://www.operationsmile.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/2024-04/IMG_2353.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=LfdVoqNn)
A Former Patient, Aymane Now Shares His Story
It was her third attempt to get her son the help he needed for his cleft lip and cleft palate, when a chance meeting on a train introduced Aymane's mom to Operation Smile Morocco.
![A group of Operation Smile nutrition educators gather](https://www.operationsmile.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/2024-03/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2841%29_0.png?h=65a99d46&itok=oSenddvm)
What is Operation Smile's Nutrition Program?
As an organization, Operation Smile strives to deliver robust and holistic nutrition programs to ensure that patients are fit to receive safe, timely and effective surgical care.
![In a Kamuzu Central Hospital operating room, cleft surgeon Dr. Wone Banda, center, with surgical scrub personnel Lucy Dodoli and pre- and post-operative nurse Grace Chirwa perform surgery during the 2022 Malawi Women in Medicine program.](https://www.operationsmile.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/2022-11/MWI_2022_Lilongwe_Surgeon_Wone%20Banda_008-1_web.jpg?h=95651f9d&itok=uvekhLd7)
Leading the Way: Q&A with Dr. Wone Banda
With a population of around 20 million people, Malawi currently has one female certified plastic surgeon serving patients. Her name is Dr. Wone Banda.
![Highlighting the Operation Smile and Beast Philanthropy Partnership](https://www.operationsmile.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/2024-02/MEX_2023_Puebla_Beast%20Philanthropy%20Partnership_005_web.jpg?h=05074998&itok=oUIRJu2-)
Highlighting Our Partnership with Beast Philanthropy
We are proud to highlight our recent partnership with Beast Philanthropy.
![Leao smiles for the camera.](https://www.operationsmile.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/2023-10/PER_2019_Lima_075_Fabiano%20Leao_After_035-3000x2002-59176e9.png?h=0a8b6f8b&itok=JWrvPFRt)
Leao's Odyssey
In Pucallpa, in eastern Peru, Gabriela reflected on what would await her in Lima with her son, Leao. They had just finished a five-day boat trip from Iquitos, and there was still another day by bus to the capital.
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A Stranger’s Kindness
Ephraim was filling gas tanks at work when the kindness of an unnamed gentleman changed his life.
![Four-year-old Clarra and 8-year-old Vololoniana hug teddy bears in child life during an Operation Smile surgical program in Antananarivo, Madagascar.](https://www.operationsmile.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/2022-11/MDG_2011_Antananarivo_216_Clarra%20Hanitriniaina_Before_011.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=SPb6JnZk)
Operation Smile’s “Whole-Person Approach” with Priti Desai and Donna Trentel
The goal of psychosocial care extends far beyond ensuring a child is prepared for surgery. Forming a positive association with medical environments at a young age will have lasting effects on a child’s mental, emotional and physical development.
![Brandon smiles while holding his before photo.](https://www.operationsmile.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/2023-10/GTM_2019_Guatemala%20City_058_Brandon%20Isaac%20Velasquez%20Aguilar_After_016-1200x800-9b9f185.png?h=10d202d3&itok=tTfV0TYW)
Fight for Happiness
"You have to fight so that your children can be happy." That's the advice Brandon's grandmother has for all mothers and fathers who have children born with cleft.
![Photo: Jasmin Shah.](https://www.operationsmile.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/2021-10/VNM_2016_Hue_Dentist_Dane%20Hoang_110%20%281%29.jpg?h=99d542f5&itok=sTm2Avqe)
Voices From the Front Line: Q&A with Dentist Dr. Dane Hoang
In celebration of Dental Hygiene Month, this pediatric dentist and longtime volunteer shares how she found the strength to continue caring for her patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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