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. With hope in their hearts for a chance at surgery, many parents travel long distances to bring their child to Operation Smile, and entrust their child to medical professionals who might not even speak their same language.
These parents have confidence in us. These parents have put their hope in our hands, and we do not have the right to let them down. We will give you our very best. - Mradmi Wafaa, Operation Smile volunteer plastic surgeon from MoroccoIntro
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In honor of National Volunteer Week, observed April 22 to 26 in the US, we asked our volunteers to share why they love serving others as part of the Operation Smile family. Here’s what they said.
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.
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.