South African doctors assist with cleft palate surgeries in Malawi
Operation Smile’s first-ever all-women surgical programme in Malawi performed surgeries on 80 children born with cleft lip or palate.
Get your will drawn up free during National Wills Week
An initiative of the Law Society of South Africa, National Wills Week focuses attention on the importance of making a Will, something an estimated 70% of South Africans fail to do.
When the other kids went out to play, Ndzalo had to stay inside
When Ndzalo was born, his mother cried; she already had an older child with a physical disability, and thought she was being punished by God.
Operation Smile Volunteers speak
Being part of a team, united in a common goal of wanting to help others, is what all of our Operation Smile volunteers rate most highly about the experience.
Healing through therapeutic play – crucial role of the psychosocial care provider
As a psychosocial care provider, Cathy has attended six Operation Smile surgical programmes. She uses therapeutic play and hands-on educational activities to help patients feel calm and prepared to enter the operating room.