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Operation Smile - China Medical Mission Limited
微笑行動中國基金有限公司
Formation1991 (1991)
TypeNGO
Legal statusMedical charity
HeadquartersHong Kong
ServicesProvision of free corrective surgery for the underprivileged children and young adults with clefts in China
Chairman
Sir David Akers-Jones
Websiteoscmm.org

Operation Smile China Medical Mission (OSCMM) is a non-profit organisation that provides reconstructive surgery for the underprivileged children with cleft lips and / or palates in China.

Chaired by Sir David Akers-Jones, OSCMM has provided over 26,000 free cleft surgeries to date since founded in 1991 in Hong Kong.[1] To enhance long-term capabilities of local medical professionals in China to treat cleft lip and palate, OSCMM also provides intensive resident and surgical training programmes.

The organisation receives support from worldwide volunteers and donors. [2][3][4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ http://beta.china.operationsmile.org/about-us/board-of-directors/
  2. ^ Wei, Lo. "Operation Smile helps cleft lip kids in rural China", South China Morning Post, 29 November 2012. Accessed 20 October 2015.
  3. ^ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/hangzhou/e/2011-09/05/content_13650815.htm
  4. ^ http://www.wisegiving.org.hk/en/donation/search/ngodetails.aspx?ID=169
  5. ^ http://podcast.rthk.hk/podcast/item_epi.php?pid=421&lang=en-US&id=26649
  6. ^ http://www.oscmm.org/evrplus_registration/
  7. ^ http://hksevens.cathaypacific.com/en/#smile_balls_2015
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