Be part of our life-changing work
2 Good Reasons to join the new Woolworths MyDifference loyalty programme
First of all, YOU benefit. After the end of the year, your WRewards and MySchool cards will stop working, and you’ll need the new app to claim in-store specials. Get a head start by downloading the app now. Because who doesn’t want to save on specials at Woolworths?
Plus – MyDifference gives you even more rewards than your old cards! Cash-back to spend at Woolworths … vouchers automatically loaded to your phone … and chances to win awesome prizes.
Secondly, children born with cleft conditions benefit when you nominate Operation Smile as your beneficiary. Every time you scan your phone or card at the till, you help raise funds towards free, world-class surgery – at no cost to you.
Every 3 minutes …
… a child is born somewhere in the world with a cleft condition. In first world countries, corrective surgery is usually done within the first 18 months of life. But in Southern Africa, where safe surgery is not always freely available or accessible, a child may have to wait years for the chance to live a normal life.
What happens if cleft conditions are left untreated?
Change despair to hope
Depending on the severity, cleft conditions can be repaired in just 45 minutes. Your donation makes new smiles possible.
How your support helps
News & Stories
WRewards and MySchool have evolved into MyDifference – South Africa’s first loyalty programme with purpose!
Please make sure to nominate Operation Smile South Africa as one of your beneficiaries.
World Smile Day Competition Winners
This World Smile Day, you voted, laughed, and helped us spread joy with the Operation Smile SA Comedian competition, Vote for the Smile that makes YOU smile!
Turning tragedy into smiles
Jenni, Graham, and Hayden Rowe have raised nearly R55 000 for cleft surgery through KY-ND – an initiative they launched in memory of their son and brother, Ky, who tragically passed away on 9 August 2022.
Share our vision
We dream of a world where no child suffers from lack of access to safe surgery. As long as there are children in the world who need our help, we’ll do whatever it takes to give them the quality care they deserve.
Grateful thanks to our partners
Our global family
With more than 6,000 active medical volunteers from all around the world, Operation Smile is one of the world’s largest volunteer-based nonprofit organisations. Our supporters are people from all walks of life, who believe that anyone born with a cleft condition deserves safe, effective, and timely surgery and care.
