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BEHIND A SMILE

ETH_2014_Jimma_Pre_Op-009 Image Name: ETH_2014_Jimma_Pre_Op-009 Description: Dr David Ore, ETH_2014_Jimma_Jimma University Specialized Hospital. Jimma, Ethiopia. Surgical training rotation, November 16 to 29 2014. (Operration Smile Photo-Jorgen Hildebrandt)
ETH_2014_Jimma_Dr_David_Ore-016 Image Name: ETH_2014_Jimma_Dr_David_Ore-016 Description: Dr David Ore, ETH_2014_Jimma_Jimma University Specialized Hospital. Jimma, Ethiopia. Surgical training rotation, November 16 to 29 2014. (Operration Smile Photo-Jorgen Hildebrandt)
ETH_2014_Jimma_Operation_Room-087 Image Name: ETH_2014_Jimma_Operation_Room-087 Description: Dr David Ore, Dr Abdurezak, Dr Ruhama. ETH_2014_Jimma_Jimma University Specialized Hospital. Jimma, Ethiopia. Surgical training rotation, November 16 to 29 2014. (Operration Smile Photo-Jorgen Hildebrandt)

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.