by Admin | Nov 6, 2024 | special
Our Operation Smile team traveled to Mthatha over the weekend of 1-3 November to bring life changing surgery to cleft patients from the surrounding rural areas. Over the two days, the team performed 8 cleft lip surgeries, 14 cleft palate surgeries and one fistula. In...
by Admin | Oct 22, 2024 | special
Operation Smile, together with Microsoft, is piloting an AI programme to assist in patient diagnosis and educating surgeons in remote areas. Watch as the story of Adolphe and his family, who live in Rwanda, unfolds in this new mini documentary (above) called...
by Admin | Oct 16, 2024 | special
Discover Maurice’s story in this moving video. Watch how this 10 year old boy from the DRC was given his life back, thanks to the intervention and collaboration of Operation Smile in the DRC and South Africa. Maurice was only two years old when he...
by Admin | May 20, 2024 | special
Operation Smile South Africa recently completed another successful surgical programme at Rob Ferreira Hospital in Mbombela. Over the weekend of 17-19 May, in partnership with the Mpumalanga Department of Health, MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet, and a dedicated team of...
by Admin | Feb 28, 2024 | special
Operation Smile is thrilled to announce an exciting partnership with Beast Philanthropy, the philanthropic arm of Mr. Beast. Last November, during a visit to Puebla, Mexico, the Beast Philanthropy team witnessed firsthand the life-changing work done by...
by Admin | Aug 29, 2023 | special
Dan Meyer’s bicycle was playing up, and steadily getting worse. If he’d been at home in Cape Town, it wouldn’t have been a problem. But he was alone in a deserted area of the US with 50km and a mountain range between him and the nearest repair shop. “The...
