Children’s medical charity Operation Smile envisions a world where no child suffers from lack of access to safe and well-timed surgery. Over 30 years the charity has leveraged more than 5,400 medical volunteers to provide over 220,000 free surgeries for children born with cleft lip and cleft palate facial deformities in over 60 countries in the developing world.
Documentary ‘Behind a Smile’ follows Irish volunteer surgeon Dr. David Orr as he works with Operation Smile’s Ethiopian team to teach and empower local surgeons to provide surgery for Ethiopian children born with cleft conditions, helping to provide vital access to surgery for those who desperately need it.