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![Mina, before surgery, wears a stripped shirt and blue jacket while standing beneath a tent for screening during a 2015 surgical program in Malawi. Photo: Margherita Mirabella.](https://www.operationsmile.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/2022-06/MWI_2015_Lilongwe_005_Mina%20Jangiya_Before_002.jpg?h=b2d9f031&itok=KqI7KcqA)
A Smile That Will Last a Lifetime
A decade of worry and uncertainty leads to a lifetime of happiness and healing for Mina and her family.
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A Father’s Promise Fulfilled
Operation Smile Brazil made it possible for Iranildo to honor his promise of providing his daughter, Antonia, with cleft surgery.
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Unconditional Love
VIDEO: Through the perseverance of her father, Clara finally received the surgery she always deserved six years after her mother abandoned her family.
![Lia is dressed in her hospital gown as she sits next to her father, Gerardo, during Operation Smile’s surgical program in Guatemala City. Photo: Rohanna Mertens.](https://www.operationsmile.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/2022-06/GTM_2022_Guatemala%20City_PN-99_Lia%20Yareli%20Xol%20Hernandez_Before_FTF_002_web%20%281%29_0.jpg?h=21a308b0&itok=BtLcbwAH)
Meet Our Patients: Guatemala City
Lia, Jobito and Dayana were three out of 62 patients who received transformational cleft care during the May 2022 surgical program in Guatemala City. Here are their stories.
![Cycle for Smiles is a global series of cycling rides that will raise funds to support Operation Smile and celebrate the organization’s 40th anniversary. Find a ride near you or start your own! Your ride will help provide transformational surgery and critical comprehensive cleft care for those who need it most.](https://www.operationsmile.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/2022-06/Ride%20with%20Us.png?h=eb901320&itok=oEdmSQLg)
Cycle for Smiles: Q&A with Brigette Clifford and Victor Mansure
Almost every day, our patients begin their journeys toward new smiles and brighter futures. During Cycle for Smiles, riders can start their own journey toward helping raise funds for more children to receive transformational cleft surgery.
![Haitam holds a photo of him before surgery as he smiles wide at the camera four years after receiving free life-changing cleft surgery. Photo: Lorenzo Monacelli.](https://www.operationsmile.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/2022-06/MAR_2019_Casablanca_061_Haitam%20Boulmkane_After_005_web.jpg?h=251cce06&itok=a-MJetXb)
Haitam’s Journey Toward Healing and Happiness
Haitam and his family’s love for one another motivated them to push past the financial, emotional and geographical barriers that separated him from a new smile.
![Sebastian and his mom, María, who wears a mask, both stare upwards toward the sky. Photo: Jasmin Shah.](https://www.operationsmile.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/2022-05/MEX_2021_Guadalajara_039_Antonio%20Sebastian%20Lopez%20Castillo_After_087_web.jpg?h=95651f9d&itok=E5BQ9f1q)
Hope Emerges From His New Smile
VIDEO: For María, facing the unexpected of having a son with a cleft condition became less daunting after connecting with Operation Smile Mexico and its team of caring and passionate volunteers.
![Alex and his wife, Adilia, hold their son, César. Photo: Rohanna Mertens.](https://www.operationsmile.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/2022-05/HND_2016_Tegucigalpa_Patient%20Advocate%20Alex%20Guerrero_004_Blog_0.jpg?h=b4a75735&itok=sA7lDARa)
A Promise Kept
VIDEO: Nearly a decade after Operation Smile gave his son a new smile, Alex Guerrero vowed to find every person in his country living with an untreated cleft condition. With his inspired patient advocacy program, Alex hopes no other family endures what his family went through.
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Celebrating National Nurses Month: The Essential Roles of Operation Smile Nurses
Operation Smile nurses represent the only medical volunteers who actively provide care for patients through every stage of the surgical process.
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