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Operation Smile (OS) is a non-profit, volunteer medical service organisation providing reconstructive surgery and related healthcare to children and young adults with facial deformities in developing countries and the United States. Since its inception in China in 1991, the lives of more than 15,000 children born in China with a cleft lip or palate have regained their smiles and the self-confidence to lead healthy, normal lives. |
Since 2004, KPMG China has sent over 140 volunteers on surgical missions organised by OS in less-developed areas of China to assist with the free reconstructive surgery of cleft lips and palates. The lives of over 2,700 underprivileged children and young adults have been transformed as a result.
The KPMG Foundation is committed to sponsoring 50 surgeries annually on its medical missions in addition to our continuous support by sending KPMG staff to assist the missions. In 2011, 25 KPMG China volunteers participated in four missions to Zhengzhou (Henan Province), Zhongshan and Fengkai (Guangdong Province) and, Linyi (Shandong Province) working closely with the OS's international medical teams. They acted as interpreters and counsellors for the patients and their families, and helped with the on-site coordination.