Author: Danelle Hannan

Clinical Mission to Vietnam – November 2023
A team of our wonderful Operation Childlife volunteers spent a week in City Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital No. 2. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in late November. This trip is an annual visit in partnership with the Christina Noble Charitable Foundation. Pictured (left) This young girl had an aggressive muscle cancer involving the nerves … Read more

Operation Childlife Real Life Superhero Awards
Our volunteers are true superheroes! And during our November mission to Vietnam to perform complex, life saving surgeries on children there, two of our heroes were recognised as such! Operation Childlife is delighted to designate Prof Mark Redmond and Dr Paul Oslizlok as our 2023 OCL Superheroes. Both have shown unwavering dedication to our work … Read more

Mongolia October 2023
Operation Childlife volunteers travelled to The National Centre for Maternal and Child Health in Ulan Bataar, Mongolia, (15th – 21st October 2023), in partnership with The Christina Noble Children’s Foundation (CNCF), who generously sponsored the trip. The team are pictured above with Helenita Noble, CEO of CNCF, (back row, centre) and some of their Mongolian … Read more

Advanced Surgical Interventions for Syrian refugees
Operation Child Life Medical Mission to Amman, Jordan: 29th April – May 6th

Operation Childlife Cycle Challenge
Explore Cambodia and Vietnam on two wheels while raising much needed funds for Operation Childlife.

Operation Childlife, RCSI Bahrain, Bahrain Red Crescent and Jordanian Red Crescent mission to Amman.
A team of three Operation Childlife volunteers spent a week at the Red Cross Hospital in Amman in early May.

Operation Childlife participation at “Rotary for Children”
Operation Childlife (OCL) Programme Director, Professor Martin Corbally, spoke about the work of OCL at the “Rotary for Children” , April 2023.

Pediatric Surgical Support (PASS) Workshop
Pediatric Surgical Support (PASS) Workshop, held in Bahrain, April 2023.

Operation Childlife Colloquium
The Operation Childlife Colloquium took place on Tuesday 28th March.

RCSI Bahrain Students join OCL mission to Vietnam
Four medical and nursing students from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI – Bahrain) joined the Operation Childlife medical mission to Ho Chi Minh City in November 2022. The students had the opportunity to observe the work of specialist Operation Childlife medical volunteers, including Consultants in Paediatric Surgery, … Read more