Operation smile Reflection:

Every three minutes a child is born into the world with a clef palette. Which makes it difficult to eat, drink, speak, socialize or smile. In some places children like this are shunned and rejected in too many cases their parents cant afford to give them surgeries they need to live a normal life.

Last year, a lady came to talk to us at a High School Assembly about an organization she worked with. This organization was called operation smile, and offered free of charge operations for poor people, especially children, suffering from deformities such as cleft palates. She showed a short announcement (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01aTvJSsA68 ) which was so impacting, I believe about half of the people present had tears in their eyes. I immediately knew I wanted to be part of the group of Operation Smile opening at ISK.

I was member of Operation smile last year and it was, because there was this lady that came and talked to us during assembly about operation smile and children that have cleft-lip and how it is for them and how just a smile can change someone’s life and make their future completely different, then we watched this really touching movie about the organization and if affected me a lot, which is why I joined that club.  This club I had no idea about, I think is the best thing I did last year, which is why I decided to join this year as well hoping we will make many children smile and get rid of their cleft lip ! 

This year I decided to commit myself to Operation Smile! The meetings take place twice a month during activity on tuesdays, and our group's main goal is to collect enough money to be able to operate as many children as possible, changing their lives forever.

Overall I thought that this year I have improved in many aspects of service, action and creativity, I have become more aware of the situation around me, and I was able to interact with people I have never interacted with before, and it feels so good just to know that I did something positive for others and helped or improved others’ lives.

I think as a group, same with friends of Marich, we have been pretty successful, and actually almost as successful as we expected by raising quite some money for a really great cause. Working as a group was really helpful, it was like a motivation and determination to achieve our goals, when one doesn’t have an idea someone else can contribute and help, and someone else can make that idea or plan ever better. I have learned that sometimes you have to think about other people and not be selfish, that you, even though you cant do much, but any input and any help whatsoever can make a huge difference in someone’s else’s life in the world.

I will definitely join operation smile next year and really do whatever I can to help more, raise awareness and improve all these kids’ lives.