Philippines Mission a Resounding Success

While most of our mission sites have just gotten up and running, our volunteers in the Philippines are putting the final touches on a terrific week of reconstructive surgery for nearly 400 children in Makati, Naga and Davao City. All missions were conducted with the highest professional standards and with the safety of each child as our number one priority. In-country volunteers played a critical role in all phases of the operation and have become an increasingly self sustaining force in delivering these most important services to Philippine children. As we go into our post-op phase here, the remainder of our global sites are gearing up and working out all of the kinks to begin surgeries in earnest on Monday. In the meantime, Bill and Kathy Magee, along with Dr. Han Kai, local officials and dignitaries and many of our China volunteers have officially opened a state of the art Operation Smile Care Center in Hangzhou. It heralds the beginning of an new phase for the organization and speaks of great things still to come.

more soon……

Dr. Randy Sherman