Author: Danelle Hannan

OCL Volunteer, Dr Abdulla A Fakhro, MD FRCSI FACS, a plastic surgeon with prior experience in medical missions and a keen interest in reconstructive surgery, joined an Operation Childlife mission to Jordan in partnership with Atlantic Humanitarian Relief (AHR) in April 2023.   The team spent a week at the Al Istiklaal Hospital providing medical interventions and also […]

Our OCL heroes were back in back in Tanzania in February, saving lives and training colleagues in Muhimbili National hospital, Dar es Salem. The team was made up of  Prof. Martin Corbally, OCL Founder and Programme Director, and Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Prof. Gabriel Fox, Consultant Paediatrician and Dr Dhafir Al Khudhairi, Consultant Anaesthetist. Along as […]

This prestigious bursary, awarded jointly by RCSI and Operation Childlife, aims at supporting surgical trainees or medical professionals in gaining additional expertise by participating in international paediatric healthcare missions, while also conducting research into the areas of altruism and global health in collaboration with local medical professional and Operation Childlife members. We are delighted to […]

We are delighted to have a team at the Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania, this week, consulting on many children with complex cases and performing much needed surgeries.  Long-term OCL volunteer Prof. Fergal Quinn, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon and Urologist, Children’s Hospital Crumlin is joined by Dr Abdulrahman Al Shafie, Neonatal/Paediatric Surgery and Paediatric Urology specialist, Bahrain […]

As we near the end of 2023, we at Operation Childlife have so much to reflect on and be proud of over the past 12 months, all of it made possible by the generosity, of our supporters, partners, volunteers, and friends, be it with their donations, their time, or their support of the wonderful work […]

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 […]

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 […]

Operation Childlife have sent volunteers, Professor Martin Corbally (Consultant Paediatric Surgeon and OCL Programme Director) Professor Fergal Quinn (Consultant Paediatric Surgeon and Urologist) on individual trips, and two teams, to the Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam in 2023.  The earlier trips were focused on individual complex cases and surgical interventions on sick children.  The […]

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 […]

A team of three Operation Childlife volunteers spent a week at the Red Cross Hospital in Amman in early May.