Canada’s student leaders
This July, ten Canadian high school student leaders joined hundreds of other students from around the world at Operation Smile’s 27th Annual International Student Leadership Conference in Seattle. At this…
Honduras
A cleft-free Honduras
Our monthly Smile Partners provide a steady flow of sustained funds that we can count on to help the thousands of children still waiting for their surgery. They enable us…
Madagascar
Saving a child from a life of struggle
When Elisa was born, her parents, Sidonie and Jean, were overcome by sadness – their daughter had been born with a cleft lip and cleft palate, and they believed this…
Ghana
The road to Ramata’s smile
While Ghana offers some of Africa’s most beautiful landscapes, it also suffers from a lack of adequate infrastructure, health care services and economic opportunities, resulting in some of the world’s…
Ghana
The extra mile
Before Sabrina Ghiddi became involved with Operation Smile’s work in Ghana as a nonmedical volunteer in 2013, she didn’t know that the organization existed. However, the Italian transplant did know…
Ghana
A pioneer’s impact
Dr. Opoku Ampomah walks side by side with his patient, 17-year-old Faustina, down the corridor that leads to the operating rooms at Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua, Ghana. It’s the…
Ghana
Completing the smile: Q&A with Lucy Apeajei
Times were tough for Operation Smile Ghana program coordinator Lucy Apeajei when she was young. By the time she was 10 years old, Lucy had to start working so she…
Ghana
“My only way to give back”
When Dr. Emmanuella “Ella” Amoako earned her medical degree in Ukraine, she hadn’t sought to become a pediatrician. Rather, it was after she returned home to Ghana that pediatrics found…