Operation Smile - Changing Lives One Smile at a Time

Help a child with a cleft palate or cleft lip surgery

Our network of volunteers works worldwide to repair childhood facial deformities including cleft lips and cleft palates

Give the gift of a cleft lip or cleft palate surgery

Help a child with a cleft lip or cleft palate surgery

Operation Smile mobilizes a world of generous hearts to heal children’s smiles and transform lives across the globe. Our network of volunteers works worldwide to repair childhood facial deformities including cleft lips and cleft palates.

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What We Do

Current Medical Mission:

USNS Comfort/Nicaragua (Jul. 1 - 9): A team of volunteers are working in Nicaragua to help children suffering from cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities. More >>

Operación Sonrisa en Español
Unirse Roselyn Sánchez

"Tu gesto de amor puede darle a un niño una vida nueva..." - Roselyn Sánchez, Operation Smile Ambassador Más >>

Latest Field Journal:

Nakuru, Kenya: April 16-25, 2009: The patients were siblings: Senjura Karia, 2 ½-years-old; Yema Karia, 4-years-old and Senni Karia, 7-years-old. They eac... More »