Mission Summary

Philippines

Cebu, Davao, Philippines: February 20- 27, 2009

Two Operation Smile teams, comprised primarily of local Filipino medical volunteers, volunteered in Cebu and Davao to provide free physical examinations and surgery for children born with facial deformities.

The team consisted of more than 50 medical and non-medical volunteers, including plastic surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, a pediatric intensivist, orthodontists, speech therapists, a biomedical technician and others. In Cebu, the team worked at Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center. In Davao, the team worked at Brokenshire Hospital.

Since 1982, Operation Smile medical volunteers have provided more than 19,000 Filipino children and young adults with free medical evaluations, and more than 14,000 have received life-changing surgery during medical missions.

First international mission: 1982
International mission sites: Bacolod City, Baguio, Cavite, Cebu City, Davao City, Iligan, Kalibo, Legaspi City, Lucena, Manila, Mindanao, Naga City, Negros Occidental, Quezon City; and emergency medical training at Mt. Makiling and Laguna

Local mission sites: Batangas, Butuan City, Cabanatuan City, Dapitan City, Jagna, La Trinidad City Makati, Mamburao, Mandaluyong City, Manila, Naga City, Pasay City, Quezon City, San Jose, Sto. Thomas Batangas and Tarlac City