Operation Smile and Smile Train Announce Merger

The boards of directors of Smile Train and Operation Smile, two of the leading cleft lip and cleft palate charities in the world, announced that they have voted to combine the two organizations into a single new entity, to be known as Operation Smile Train.

In a joint statement, the co-founders of each organization said, "… By combining our talented staffs and programs, we bring together the best volunteer doctors and other medical personnel, with the best in-country facilities, and will be able to reach more children than the two charities would have separately …"