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Operation Smile South Africa medical volunteers repair childhood facial deformities while building public and private partnerships that advocate sustainable healthcare systems for children and families in South Africa, Southern Africa and around the world. Operation Smile South Africa is part of a global alliance of Operation Smile foundations and chapters dedicated to providing free treatment to children and adults suffering from cleft lips and cleft palates. Together, we create smiles, change lives, heal humanity.

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Cleft lips and cleft palates are the fourth most common birth defects in the world and are typically corrected shortly after a baby’s birth in areas with sufficient access to health care. However, for many children in rural areas around the world, medical treatment is not available. Often these children cannot eat, speak, or breathe properly. Due to low self-esteem, as well as feelings of isolation, these children often live as social outcasts.

Read an expert from Brenda’s dairy about her Operation Smile medical mission experience. Brenda's Diary

Medical Mission



Antsirabe, Madagascar

November 20 - November 28, 2008

Mission Site: Centre Hospitalier De Reference Regionalle D’Antsirabe
Medical Evaluations: 20 & 21 November 2008
Mission Dates: 20 –... More >>
 

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