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Morocco
Honduras
Bolivia
United States
Madagascar
Malawi
Ghana
Rwanda
Vietnam
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In Morocco, a volunteer’s dedication
Every year, thousands of Operation Smile medical volunteers travel around the world to help children who desperately need it – children who are suffering from cleft lip and cleft palate, who are waiting for a new start at life.
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Experiencing the Patient Announcement in Honduras
When I arrived in Honduras for the Operation Smile medical mission, veteran Operation Smile volunteer nurse Norrie Oelkers told me, “Honduras is the gold standard of Child Life. Just you wait …” Nothing could have prepared me for what I was about to experience.
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A Personal Journey: "See the Smiles" Winners Leah and Chris Lane
The parents of child born with cleft, Leah and Chris Lane won the sweepstakes that sent them on another life-changing journey.
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A Nursing Life Honored: Q&A with Norrie Oelkers
In celebration of International Nurses Day, veteran medical volunteer and fundraiser Norrie Oelkers was honored at the U.N.
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Scenes of Hope: Madagascar Medical Missions
Operation Smile hosted four simultaneous medical missions in Madagascar to ring in 10 years of life-changing work in the country.
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A Timely Surgery for Prince
When Prince was born with a cleft lip, his parents felt helpless, but it wasn't long before they learned that surgery was possible through Operation Smile.
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"My only way to give back"
At 28 years old, Dr. Emmanuella “Ella” Amoako has established herself as a dynamic young leader on the front line of Ghanaian pediatrics.
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Surgical Rotation program in Rwanda offers hope to 5-year-old Fred
What would it be like if you couldn't kick a soccer ball, run as fast as your friends or do the typical things a 5-year-old boy likes to do?
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Reflections of a Historic Journey
A volunteer on Operation Smile's first medical mission to Ho Chi Minh City, Susan Andrew recalls her life-changing experience.
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