Have you saved the date yet for Operation International’s 26th Annual Gala? ✨This year will be a Masquerade Party complete with music and dancing under the stars! ✨ held September 23rd Stay tuned for more details and get your tickets here:

300 surgeries! 🎉🎉 Operation Restore Vision has officially completed 300 surgeries in Ghana! The team has been working around the clock to ensure as many people in need as possible can get the care they deserve. #OperationInternational #ThisIsHowWeOperate #medicalmission

A smile is worth a thousand words! Operation Restore Vision is still hard at work in Ghana giving these patients in need the gift of sight. Keep up the good work ORV! #OperationInternational #ThisIsHowWeOperate #medicalmission

Did you know Operation Restore Vision performed the first cornea transplant in the history of Morocco when starting in 2009? They then established the first Cornea Transplant Tissue Bank in the nation. Over a decade later the team is still working hard to let people see again!

Operation Restore Vision has kicked off work in Ghana! On its last mission to Uganda the team performed over 150 sight-saving cataract surgeries and hope to reach a similar number in this year’s important mission Stay tuned to follow along! #OperationInternational

Operation Restore Vision has made it to Ghana! 🇬🇭 The team will soon set up their eye clinic and operating room to begin performing sight-restoring surgeries to those in need We wish Operation Restore Vision the best of luck as they start their mission! #OperationInternational

And that’s a wrap! Team Spain has completed their mission in Uganda, performing more than 120 surgeries in just eight days. The mission marks the first time in Uganda for Team Spain, which was formed in 2021. Their trip wouldn’t have been possible without your support!

Bags packed and ready to go! Operation Restore Vision has spent weeks packing supplies for their mission to Ghana, which begins today. The team will bring 1,400 pounds of medical supplies and equipment to the country Stay tuned to see more of their work! #OperationInternational

This patient in Uganda is 24 pounds lighter thanks to a recent surgery performed by Team Spain! The life-changing procedure removed a benign tumor the man had been living with for 25 years. Great job, Team Spain! #OperationInternational #ThisIsHowWeOperate

Team Surgical Relief has wrapped up their successful trip to Ghana! 🇬🇭 The team performed an impressive 83 surgeries in their week-long visit to the West African nation. Great job, Team SR! And thank you to all supporters who made this trip possible. #OperationInternational

Just one example of the dozens of life-changing operations completed during Team Surgical Relief’s time in Ghana is this excision of a nasal mass. These transformative procedures would not be possible without your support! #OperationInternational #ThisIsHowWeOperate

Team Surgical Relief’s time in Ghana will include operations on 17 children. They include two children who needed an extra finger removed and several hernia repairs. Each life changing surgery is made possible with your support! #OperationInternational #ThisIsHowWeOperate

Team Spain completed an amazing 20 operations in their first operating day. The procedures included saving a life of an old man who had been sick for several days with bowel twist that eventually caused him to have dead bowels. Follow along to see more life-changing work!

Team Surgical Relief has started work in Ghana! 🇬🇭 The team, on their first mission since the pandemic, has nearly 100 surgeries on the schedule the next few days. Keep following Operation International for updates on their work! #OperationInternational #ThisIsHowWeOperate

Team Spain is hard at work in Uganda! After finishing setting up operating rooms and screening hundreds of patients over the weekend, the team had a long productive Monday. Stay tuned to see more of their trip this week! #OperationInternational #ThisIsHowWeOperate

The second Operation International team headed on a mission this week is on their way! 🇬🇭 Team Surgical Relief, on a mission for the first time since the pandemic, will bring their expertise to Ghana. We wish the team good luck as they start their work! Stay tuned for updates!

And they’re off! Team Spain is on their way to Uganda for their first medical mission in the country. 🇺🇬 We wish the team the best of luck as they begin their trip. Stay tuned with Operation International for updates on their important work!

In just two days, Team Spain will head to Uganda for the first time! The team, led by Dr. Carmen Nofuentes, was formed in 2021 and has done amazing work in two previous trips to Ghana. We wish Team Spain good luck as they prepare for this new mission!

You can hear from each of the students in their own words here:

Let’s meet three students at Jack Van de Wetering School and Orphanage. They are among many helped by OI’s recent efforts in Uganda, where the severe HIV/AIDS epidemic has left many children without parents or guardians. https://t.co/VfO9QFzbsw