Quick Facts

• Approximately one in five hundred Cambodian children are born with a cleft lip and/or cleft palate or other type of facial deformity.
• Its currently estimated that there are 20,000 children and young adults with clefts in Cambodia.
• It is also estimated that more than 600 babies are born with facial deformities each year in Cambodia.
• Babies and children with cleft lips and cleft palates often have difficulty eating, talking, hearing and breathing.
• Operation Smile Cambodia is a registered non-profit organization.
• Operation Smile Cambodia has treated over 1000 children since 2002.
• Operation Smile has treated more than 120,000 children worldwide since 1982.
• A cleft lip operation takes approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• A cleft lip or cleft palate operation costs as little as $240.
• Operation Smile has one of the world’s largest volunteer networks, utilizing more than 4,000 credentialed medical volunteers donating time and talent around the world.
• Operation Smile was launched after its first mission to the Philippines in 1982. Operation Smile currently has a presence in 51 countries.