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Operation Smile
Total uPlej Members Have Donated To This Charity:
$545.00
Throughout the world, Operation Smile volunteers repair childhood
facial deformities while building public and private partnerships that
advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families.
Together, we create smiles, change lives, heal humanity.
Biography
Joined 7/2008
Founded in 1982, Operation Smile, headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, is a worldwide children’s medical charity whose network of global volunteers are dedicated to helping improve the health and lives of children and young adults. Since its founding, Operation Smile volunteers have treated more than 115,000 children born with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities and currently works in more than 40 countries. In addition to contributing free medical treatment, Operation Smile trains local medical professionals in its partner countries and leaves behind crucial equipment to lay the groundwork for long-term self-sufficiency.