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Volunteer Opportunities: 2009

Volunteer Alert! Rajasthan, India, is in urgent need of a plastic surgeon team leader from Sept. 17-25, 2009. Please contact Alden.

Gujarat, India, is in urgent need of anesthesiologists from Aug. 20-28, 2009. Please contact Allison.  

Slots will be filled in the order that they are received.

If you are interested in becoming an Operation Smile medical volunteer to help us on a mission, learn about becoming a medical volunteer and then fill out our application request.

If your application is already on file, you may click on the name of the mission coordinator for the mission you are interested in below and submit a request.

When contacting the program coordinator, please include the site, country and date of the mission in which you are interested. Thank you.

The mission dates indicated below reflect the medical evaluation and surgical periods. The travel dates for individual team members vary according to assignment.


• Mission Schedules by year: 2008 | 2009 | 2010
• Volunteer Opportunities Schedules by year: 2009 | 2010

2009 Medical Volunteer Opportunities*

Please note that the dates below do not include travel dates. Please contact the Program Coordinator for exact travel dates from your home to the site.

Mission Date Country City Program Coordinator
Aug 13 - 22 Kenya Nairobi Joella
Aug 20 - 28 India Gujarat Allison
Aug 28 - Sep 3 Cambodia Kampot Lucas
Sep 17 - 25 India Rajasthan Alden
Oct TBD Ethiopia Jimma Shannon
Oct TBD Mexico Guadalajara Katie
Oct 8 - 16 India Sikkim Lucas
Oct 8 - 17 Kenya Nyeri Joella
Nov 1 - 6 Thailand Yasothon Lucas
Nov TBD Egypt Cairo Damien
Dec TBD Cambodia TBD Lucas
Dec 2 - 18 India Guwahati Lucas

*Mission sites and dates are subject to change
†Mission will be held in several cities concurrently