Operation Smile Charity Care Hospital
in Hangzhou, China
About this video
Asia Region Vice President Richard VanderBurg speaks from the Operation
Smile Charity Care Hospital in Hangzhou, China during the World Journey of
Smiles.
Operation Smile ran the World Journey of Smiles medical missions from 7-16 November, 2007.
More than 1,700 volunteers participated in the mission, including over 700
from the United States and over 1000 from 43 other countries. It involved 40
hospitals, care centres and clinics in 25 countries in Asia, Eastern Europe,
Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. The mission had the goal of
treating 5,000 children born with cleft lips and cleft palates.