Beloved, Age 16 Operation of Hope was donating surgeries in Africa in 2006 when they met a gentle young boy named Beloved. On that memorable day, Beloved and his family put aside their darkest fears of rejection and cautiously approached our surgical team with a whisper...
Lullubell, Age 4 In 2009, CNN International documented the work of Operation of Hope in a 20 minute documentary called, ‘Inside Africa’ Hosted by Isha Sesay. In this documentary an adorable little girl came to the hospital with the help of her Great Grandmother Sarah. Lullubell...
Blessing, Age 14 It’s the kind of thing kids do all the time: Something on the ground catches their attention. It looks interesting and shiny. They pick it up. More often than not, it doesn’t alter your life forever.When Blessing Makwera was 14 years old, he...
Cleft Lip & Palate SurgeriesLoja, EcuadorScreening Day: Sunday, January 25, 2026Time: 8:30 AMLocation: Clinica Nataly, Loja, Ecuador ...
Car Crash Man's Nose Rebuilt in Ground-breaking Surgery Specialists in Bulawayo yesterday reconstructed the nose of a 31-year-old man in a ground-breaking four-hour operation, said to be the first of its kind in Zimbabwe. Local doctors led by Canadian and American plastic surgeons carried out the...
Operation of Hope video by Timothy Marks The gift of life-changing surgery is possible due to a combination of our passion and your donations. Operation of Hope provides life-changing surgical care, healthcare & medical training programs in under-served areas of the world through international collaboration among medical...
Pediatrician John Paschen Pediatrician John Paschen lives by a couple of personal credos: First, he strives to discover the extraordinary in the ordinary, finding joy in the deliberate attention to detail. Second, he says, if he sets a goal, “I keep going until I reach it.” Both ideals...
Volunteer Kevin Healy For most people, retirement involves a whole lot of nothing. It’s a time to relax and smell the roses, go fishing, maybe play with the grandkids. Kevin Healy, an anesthesiologist who retired in 2010, didn’t get that memo. He spends a large chunk of...
Operation of Hope Medical Mission Zimbabwe Operation of Hope is a non-profit organization which preforms free facial reconstructive surgeries to those with facial deformities in developing countries. Operation of Hope is a non-profit organization which preforms free facial reconstructive surgeries to those with facial deformities in developing...
Operation of Hope Cleft Surgical Mission 2014 This is a short video of the 2014 Team of Volunteers that performed 42 surgeries in 5 days in Harare, Zimbabwe, Africa at Harare Central Hospital. https://youtu.be/mCc6ZRcuh64 Subscribe to the Operation of Hope Newsletter SUBSCRIBE ...