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Operation Smile is a nonprofit medical service organization based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, founded in 1982. In addition to providing cleft lip and palate repair surgeries to children worldwide, Operation Smile works as a non-governmental organization to reduce the occurrence of cleft lips and palates worldwide; develops ambassadorships to raise awareness of cleft issues; sponsors a World Care Program to attend to international cases demanding the highest level of care; organizes chapters and foundations worldwide to assist countries in reaching self-sufficiency with cleft surgeries; hosts the U.S. Care Network to assist families in the U.S. with cleft issues; develops and administers worldwide education programs related to cleft issues; and organizes student programs worldwide to develop leadership, commitment, and volunteerism values in young people. As of March, 2013, Operation Smile had provided according to its own accounting more than 3.5 million comprehensive patient evaluations and over 200,000 free surgeries for children and young adults born with facial deformities. ==Early history of Operation Smile== Operation Smile was created by Dr. Bill and Kathy Magee after they participated in a Philippine cleft repair mission in 1982 and recognized a need for more missions. According to a 2003 interview,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Dr. William P. Magee's Operation Smile: 20 Years Putting Smiles on People’s Faces )〕 when asked about the start of Operation Smile, Magee said: The scope of the organization increased after Mother Teresa invited Operation Smile to come to India to treat deformed children.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Operation Smile co-founders named Norfolk's First Citizens )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Operation Smile」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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