Operation Smile Facts

About Operation Smile: Dr. William P. Magee Jr. and his wife, Kathleen, started Operation Smile after they traveled to the Philippines with a group of volunteer doctors to repair children’s facial abnormalities more than 25 years ago.
Now, the organization conducts medical missions at more than 30 sites in 26 developing countries annually, providing surgeries and supplies needed to repair cleft lips, cleft palates, tumors and other birth defects.
The organization supports programs in Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gaza Strip/West Bank, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Thailand, Venezuela and Vietnam.