8/14/2019 Operation Smile - Happy Anniversary

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8/14/2019 Operation Smile - Happy Anniversary

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In June 2006, Doctor Michael Earley was involved in on the Operation Smile missionin Settat, Morocco, while plastic surgeon David Orr was the team leader forOperation Smile s mission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in December 2006.

Irish medical volunteers have also participated in missions to Kenya (in November2004, and in October/November 2005), China (in September 2005, and inMay/June2006) and Morocco (in March 2007).

In late 2006, Operation Smile Ireland s sponsorship of one-and-a-half-year-old Abdul Kerroumi, a World Care patient from Morocco, allowed him to receive surgeryin the Children s University Hospital in Dublin. Plastic surgeon and Operation Smile Ireland Board Member Doctor Michael Earley repaired Abdul s bilateral cleft lip and ocular facial cleft.

In October 2006, Operation Smile hosted a world summit in Limerick for 130 of itsinternational leaders, representing nearly 30 countries, in preparation for thisyear's 25th Anniversary initiatives, to increase the number of children treatedwith facial deformities.

It takes as little as 45 minutes and costs approximately 240 euro for an OperationSmile cleft lip surgery to change a child s life.

Operation Smile Ireland.Terri Cosgrove,Executive Director,31 Pembroke Road,Dublin 4.Telephone 35316676659.Fax number: 3 5 3 1 6 6 7 0 1 1 9.Mobile:number 3 5 3 8 6 8 5 2 8 7 0 7.E-mail: ireland@operationsmile.org or branncos@indigo.ie.Website: ireland.operationsmile.org.

Bank Account Details:

Allied Irish Banks,52 Upper Baggot Street, Dublin 4,Operation Smile Ireland, Account Number: 0 5 6 2 3 0 0 4.Sort Code: 93-10-63.

Charity Registration Number, C H Y 1 5 6 6 1.

This information is available from www.cleft.ie