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Children's medical charity providing free, safe surgery to children born with cleft conditions.
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21/11/2025

We’re excited for a big reveal next week and we’d love you to be part of it. 💙

Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be sharing the powerful journeys of three children – Janet, Francis and Salifu – whose lives were transformed through cleft care.

Their stories show just how far your kindness can go. Every smile, every surgery, every new beginning starts with people like you.

We’d also love to share your stories, why do you support Operation Smile?

20/11/2025

140.6 miles completed in under 15 hours – an intense physical challenge and an incredible fundraising outcome. 💪💙

Huge thanks from everyone at Operation Smile UK to Dev Patel, CEO and Founder of Dental Beauty Partners, who went from struggling to finish a 5k last year to recently completing a full Ironman in Florida.

Operation Smile is an international medical charity that provides free cleft lip and palate surgery and care to children in need around the world. It's a cause that means so much to Dev – and one he’s truly gone the distance for.

Thank you, Dev, for your strength, dedication and inspiration. It’s an extraordinary achievement and an absolutely huge undertaking. The photo says it all – determination, grit and heart to not only complete the challenge but to help children around the world. 👏😁🏆

18/11/2025

Can you imagine having to travel 1,000km for medical care?

Operation Smile opened in Tanzania in 2024 to help make healthcare more accessible. The team has already opened two smaller regional hospitals – known as spokes – with two more planned this year and another two next year, reducing travel distances for families from up to 1,000 kilometres to just 75–100 kilometres.

This work is already transforming lives for children born with cleft conditions – reducing long journeys, empowering local teams, and strengthening Tanzania’s healthcare system from within.

We’re so grateful to all our supporters who make this progress possible. 💙 Read the full story, link in comments...

15/11/2025

When Dr Augustino Hellar was six years old, he experienced a severe allergy attack. There was no local clinic or ambulance, so his mum had no choice but to physically carry him 10 kilometres to the nearest hospital. That experience stayed with him and inspired his lifelong mission to make sure every family has access to proper healthcare.

Today, he’s helping to build that future in Tanzania, where Operation Smile opened in 2024. The team has already opened two smaller regional hospitals – known as spokes – with two more planned this year and another two next year, reducing travel distances for families from up to 1,000 kilometres to just 75–100 kilometres.

This work is already transforming lives for children born with cleft conditions – reducing long journeys, empowering local teams, and strengthening Tanzania’s healthcare system from within.

We’re so grateful to all our supporters who make this progress possible. 💙 Read the full story, link in comments...

12/11/2025

You’re invited to a special event with very special guests! 🌟
Joining us will be acclaimed actress Geraldine James – a familiar, much-loved face from stage and screen. You may recognise her from Downton Abbey and Anne with an E.

Geraldine is a wonderful supporter of Operation Smile UK and we’re delighted she’ll be delivering a beautiful and entertaining reading for us on the evening. ✨

The evening will also include music from the UK Gospel Choir, St Luke’s Choir, Ipswich School Wolsey Consort, and the wonderful singer and cleft ambassador, Sarah Alice Douglas. 💙

Carols by Candlelight is Operation Smile UK’s annual festive celebration – bringing together valued supporters, donors, partners, volunteers, staff and trustees to celebrate the life-changing work you help make possible. 🕯️

🕯️ Carols by Candlelight
🎄 5pm for 5.30pm start, ends 6.30pm, Saturday 13th December
📍 St Luke’s Church, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NH

RSVP: Book your free place via the link in comments...

11/11/2025

This is Lilia — and today she’s five years old, full of energy, hugs, curiosity and joy. 💙

Going back to see her now, after everything she and her mum Valeria have been through, is incredibly special. Born during the pandemic, facing so much uncertainty and grief, their journey has been anything but easy… and yet here they are — confident, playful, laughing and full of possibility.

It’s wonderful to see the bond between them, the love they share, and the strength that carried them through. We’re so grateful to have played a small part in their story — alongside our incredible partners, volunteers, medical teams and supporters around the world.

Thank you for helping make moments like this possible. 💙

09/11/2025

This is Lilia, one of our Operation Smile patients in Mexico, who is now five years old. 💙

When she visited our medical programme in Puebla recently, she instantly filled the room with energy and hugged everyone she met. Her giggles were contagious and her eyes were wide with curiosity about everything happening around her.
Lilia today is a world away from when she was born during the COVID pandemic. Her mum Valeria had recently lost her husband and was facing pregnancy alone, in a world in lockdown, with an overwhelmed health system. It must have been an incredibly frightening time.

Valeria says “I’ll always remember when the doctors brought her back from surgery. I couldn’t recognise her. Her appearance had changed, but she kept smiling and laughing just like before. It was such a special day. Operation Smile was always there for us, not just for surgery, but with speech therapy and psychosocial support. It was a beautiful experience. If I cry now, it’s from happiness.”

You can see Lilia before her operation, after her operation, and today – and we're so happy to have been able to help.

Supporters like you helped transform the lives of both Lilia and her mum Valeria, so they’re now both full of happiness and confidence for the future. Thank you so much. 💙

06/11/2025

Supporters like you make the work of Operation Smile possible – and so we’d love to celebrate with you in person this December. 🕯️🎶🥧

Join us for a festive evening of beautiful music, carols and celebration. Enjoy choirs including the UK Gospel Choir, plus special guests including actress and fellow supporter Geraldine James. ✨

There will be mulled wine and mince pies afterwards with trustees, staff and volunteers as well as a raffle in aid of the charity. We’d love to see you there.

🕯️ Carols by Candlelight
🎄 5pm for 5.30pm start, ends 6.30pm, Saturday 13th December
📍 St Luke’s Church, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NH

RSVP: Book your free place via the link in the comments 👇

04/11/2025

Can you believe how many plastic surgeons there are in Rwanda, with a population of 13 million people?

5️⃣

Just 5 plastic surgeons. As you can no doubt imagine, many patients don’t get the care they need.

That’s why Operation Smile is supporting trainees like Dr Fidel Simba, who’s learning cleft care and building the skills to transform access to surgery in his community. With mentorship, training and hands-on experience, Fidel and his peers are helping to close the gap and create a future where care is available closer to home. 💙

✅ Read the full story on our website to see a day in his life and the impact it’s making.

03/11/2025

It’s November… which means it’s officially okay to feel festive, right?

We’re so grateful for every single person who’s supported us this year – whether you’ve donated, shared a post, taken on a challenge, or simply kept Operation Smile close to your heart. 💙

We’d love to be able to thank you in person and celebrate the amazing smiles you have helped to achieve around the world, like for Leana. ✨

So please save the date – Saturday 13 December – for a special evening in London filled with warmth, music and togetherness. It’s going to be one to remember. ✨

Watch this space for more…

31/10/2025

Growing up with a cleft lip, Brunel faced not only the challenge of eating and speaking but also the pain of bullying and isolation. Today, thanks to an Operation Smile surgical programme in Madagascar – and supporters like you – she’s thriving with the happiest of smiles. 😊💙

29/10/2025

In celebration of his OBE, we asked plastic surgeon and longstanding Operation Smile UK volunteer, Dr Ankur, what he’s learned in life and work.

Read the article via our website to be inspired! 💙

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