Operation Smile’s international missions are conducted throughout the year in hard-to-reach places throughout the world. International missions involve up to 60 medical volunteers who travel to partner countries to provide surgeries for children over a two-week period.
Operation Smile’s partner countries also facilitate treatment for facial deformities, either by conducting medical missions on the local level or by conducting year-round programs in existing health facilities or through the development of clinics.
Want to volunteer on a medical mission? See our medical professionals page.
Select Year: |
2013 |
| mission date | country | city |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 7-14 | India | Nagercoil |
| Jan 19-20 | Morocco | Casablanca |
| Jan 21-24 | Vietnam | Hanoi |
| Jan 23-26 | Ecuador | Quito |
| Jan 28-29 | Morocco | Casablanca |
| Jan 30 | Colombia | Sogamoso |
| Feb TBD | Morocco | TBD |
| Feb 15-16 | Colombia | Cali |
| Feb 20-24 | Peru | Piura |
| Feb 20-27 | India | Kolkata |
| Feb 21-Mar TBD | Nicaragua | Chinandega |
| Feb 21-Mar TBD | Honduras | Tegucigalpa |
| Feb 21-Mar 2 | Rwanda | Kigali |
| Feb 23-Mar TBD | Cambodia | Phnom Penh |
| Feb 26-Mar 5 | India | Kolkata/Bolpur |
| Mar TBD | Philippines | Davao |
| Mar TBD | India | Shillong |
| Mar TBD | Morocco | TBD |
| Mar 4-22 | Rwanda | Butaro |
| Mar 4-8 | Vietnam | Hanoi |
| Mar 4-15 | Ethiopia | Jimma |
| Mar 7-15 | Mexico | San Cristobal de las Casas |
| Mar 9-23 | Nepal | Kathmandu |
| Mar 14-22 | Bolivia | Santa Cruz |
| Mar 14-17 | Colombia | Sincelejo |
| Mar 14-23 | Madagascar | Antanarivo |
| Mar 15-21 | China | "Nujiang, Yunnan" |
| Mar 15-16 | Vietnam | Hanoi |
| Mar 16-23 | Paraguay | Asuncion |
| Mar 16-24 | Uzbekistan | Tashkent |
| Mar 25-29 | Vietnam | Northern Province |
| Mar 20-23 | Peru | Cusco |
| Mar 30-Apr 6 | Morocco | Nador |
| Apr TBD | Philippines | TBD |
| Apr 1-5 | Vietnam | Hanoi |
| Apr 3-10 | India | Kochi |
| Apr 4-13 | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
| Apr 8-12 | Vietnam | An Giang |
| Apr 10 | Colombia | Sogamoso |
| Apr 10-16 | China | "Zhengzhou, Henan" |
| Apr 12-13 | Venezuela | Barinas |
| Apr 14-17 | Russia | Taganrog |
| Apr 20-27 | Panama | David |
| Apr 24 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh |
| Apr 24-27 | Ecuador | Guayaquil |
| Apr 25-27 | Colombia | Arauca |
| Apr 25-28 | Honduras | Comayagua |
| May TBD | Morocco | TBD |
| May TBD | India | Ahmedabad |
| May TBD | Philippines | TBD |
| May 4-10 | Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City |
| May 6-10 | Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City |
| May 8-14 | China | "Nantong City, Jiangsu" |
| May 10-18 | Ethiopia | TBD |
| May 11-19 | Bhutan | Mongar |
| May 16-18 | Venezuela | Maracaibo |
| May 17-24 | Peru | Lima |
| May 20-24 | Vietnam | Hanoi |
| May 23-26 | Colombia | Riohacha |
| Jun TBD | Panama | Panama City |
| Jun TBD | Nicaragua | Esteli |
| Jun TBD | Bolivia | Santa Cruz |
| Jun TBD | Morocco | TBD |
| Jun TBD | Jordan | TBD |
| Jun TBD | Philippines | TBD |
| Jun TBD | Vietnam | Hanoi |
| Jun 7-17 | Democratic Republic of Congo | Kinshasa |
| Jun 4-10 | China | "Jiaozuo, Henan" |
| Jun 8-16 | Myanmar | Yangon |
| Jun 10-18 | India | Guwahati |
| Jun 10-14 | Vietnam | Hanoi |
| Jun 12 | Colombia | Sogamoso |
| Jun 13-21 | Mexico | Guadalajara |
| Jun 14-20 | China | "Wenshan, Yunnan" |
| Jun 17-Jul 5 | Rwanda | Butaro |
| Jun 17-28 | Ethiopia | Jimma |
| Jun 19-25 | China | "Nanchang, Jiangxi" |
| Jun 20-22 | Colombia | El Bagre |
| Jun 23-29 | Kenya | Lodwar |
| Jun 24-28 | Vietnam | Ninh Thuan |
| Jun 27-30 | Honduras | Choluteca |