Operation Smile and Our Medical Mission

If you are unfamiliar with Operation Smile, it is a non-profit, internationally recognized childrens charity that mobilizes a world of generous hearts and medical teams to heal children's smiles and transform lives across the globe. We offer surgery free of charge for cleft lip and palates through volunteer International Medical Missions in developing countries.

We (Mima and Olivia) will be away from the 19th through the 31st of March with a team of 70 people, made up of doctors, nurses, speech therapists, medical record keepers and more. We will be participating as student volunteers on the mission.

The primary role of a student on a medical mission is to Educate. We will be meeting hundreds of families and children everyday at the hospital or in local schools and orphanages. We will have the opportunity to give people presentations about Dental Hygiene, Oral Re-hydration, Burn Care, and Nutrition. We will also be spending time with children and families before their surgeries and after. We also have the opportunity to sit in on surgeries.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Here we go... :)

HI EVERYONE!!
First off...a BIG thank you to everyone who donated, whether in the form of cash or items, you have made a huge difference. We wouldn't be where we are now without you! Here are just a few pictures of all of our donations. 1,116 toothbrushes!!!!




SO tomorrow we are leaving for Aswan, Egypt. We have 16+ hours of travel... Aspen, Colorado to Atlanta to Paris to Cairo to Aswan! We are leaving the Aspen Airport at 11:30 a.m. on March 19th and we are supposed to arrive in Aswan by 11:40 p.m. on March 20th. We are SO excited and can't believe this is happening so quickly.

Please follow our blog and our journey in Aswan. We are so excited to be apart of changing 150 childrens lives!!!

Much love and thanks,
Olivia and Mima
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