According to a report in the Morocco Times, the Operation Smile Morocco association is organising its first mission in Fez on March 9-18, to restore smiles to the children of the region. It will work in Omar El Idrissi Albatha hospital. After having successfully carried out more than 3,400 operations throughout the kingdom since 1998, Operation Smile Morocco will head for Fez in March to help 150 children suffering from cleft lips, cleft palates, tumours, burns and other facial deformities.For eight days, a group of Moroccan and foreign volunteers will carry out free consultations and surgical operations for children and adults suffering facial malformations.
Operation Smile Morocco, a branch of Operation Smile International which is headquartered in Virginia (USA), was founded in 1998. The organisation has carried out over 3,000 surgical operations throughout the kingdom, notably in Agadir, Casablanca, Laayoune, Marrakech, Meknes, Rabat and Tangier.Founded in 1982, Operation Smile International has brought new hope and new lives to tens of thousands of children and young adults by providing free reconstructive surgery.
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