Virginia Beach, United States · Established 1982
Operation Smile
Providing free cleft surgery.
(About)
International medical charity providing free cleft lip and cleft palate surgery.
Operation Smile was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Virginia Beach, United States. Today it is an established organisation, working on cleft lip, surgery and children and known within the sector for its tagline "Providing free cleft surgery.".
The organisation currently operates in 26 countries, with major presence in Bolivia, Brazil and Cambodia. International medical charity providing free cleft lip and cleft palate surgery. Verified profiles, financials and annual reports are published on its official website at operationsmile.org.
(Verified profile)
What the record actually says.
Sourced from official reports & independent registers
Structure & mandate
Operation Smile is headquartered in Virginia Beach, United States, established in 1982. See the linked official sources for full governance and finances.
Key public programmes
- ▸Cleft lip — see official programme pages for details.
- ▸Surgery — see official programme pages for details.
- ▸Children — see official programme pages for details.
Founded
1982
HQ
Virginia Beach
United States
Countries of work
26+
Independent registers
Curated primary-source list not yet compiled for this organization — please refer to their official website and the registers above.
(Public perception & reviews)
What people actually say.
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(Work in the field)
Photos of their work.
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(Where we operate)
Active in 26 countries.
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Cambodia
- China
- Colombia
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- India
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Thailand
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
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