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Every year over 200,000 children are
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born without the ability to smile and
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[music] even worse breathe properly.
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Meaning thousands of them grow up
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without ever having the opportunity to
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receive surgery which results in
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bullying and social isolation. One of
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these patients is Emanuel. 17 months ago
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he was born with a bilateral cleft
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pallet. He is the son of Heranimo, a
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single father who lives in the rural
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mountains of Chopas. The cost of
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healthcare has proven to be extremely
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expensive for him as he barely makes
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enough money to support his son. Meaning
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that his only hope is to travel by bus
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for 17 hours to play for the only chance
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of being selected for a surgery. [music]
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And if not selected, it may be the last
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chance hermanio has to get this
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opportunity for his son. And when we saw
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just how difficult this was for these
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families, [music] we knew we had to
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help. So we decided to pay for over 100
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>> Today is a very emotional [music] day
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for me. Behind me, we got the patients.
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We're going to do the surgical
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announcement. They are about just to be
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told [music] that they're going to be
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having a life change forever.
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>> 97 patients had already been selected
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and Heranimo started to lose hope.
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It was time for patient number 99.
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>> He did it. Just look at the relief on
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>> Seeing [music] the hope in these
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parents' faces when they bring these
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children to this clinic, knowing that
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they are finally going to get the
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medical care that they need is truly an
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experience that moves the heart.
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>> Emanuel's surgery is now complete and
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this will be the first time Heranimo
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will ever see his son smile. One of my
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favorite moments in the surgical
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program, it's when [music] the kid comes
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out of surgery because this is the first
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time that the parents are going to see
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the kids with the surgery. It's just
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such an emotional moment because we
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change [music] the life not only of the
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patient but the family and the society.
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Our patients are going to have the
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opportunity [music] to actually have a
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>> A healed cleft means that all these
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children will grow up not having to
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worry about being bullied. And on top of
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these extraordinary surgeries, [music]
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Operation Smile also provides all of
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their patients with free speech and
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vocal therapy, meaning that they will
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learn [music] how to speak clearly and
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Kathy told us about a young nursing
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student, Fernanda, who was treated by
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Operation Smiles [music]
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[music] When you go home, you tell your
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family that they don't have to pay for
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you anymore. We're going to give you a
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full scholarship and we'll pay for you
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to finish [music] your nursing school.
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So, I think you're going to be an
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Operation Smile is amazing and they do
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incredible work all around the world. We
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want to help [music] them continue to be
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able to provide these surgeries to
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children all around the world. In other
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words, if you don't donate to Operation
