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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
The one who is needed
Editor’s Note: The following story is the first-person account of guest blogger Sean Robson, Operation Smile South Africa Communications Coordinator, as he and photographer Zute Lightfoot accompanied Operation Smile vounteer…
Closing The Gap: Q&A with Dr. Paulin Banguti
Anesthesia is as vital to a surgical procedure as any instrument wielded by the surgeon. As part of Operation Smile’s Global Standards of Care, it’s a medical standard that enables…