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Operation Childlife held its annual Colloquium in April 2024. At this event it was our pleasure to update our volunteers, partners, supports and friends, about our recent activities and future plans as outlined below. Thanks to the support of our…

Operation Childlife originated from a request from the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation (CNFC) in 2004 to upskill and mentor paediatric doctors and nurses in Children’s Hospital Number 2, Ho Chi Minh City, and to carry out a number of complex…

ESTHER Ireland, an Irish Health Service initiative which facilitates and supports Irish health service partnerships, has granted ESTHER accreditation to Operation Childlife and Muhimbili National Hospital.   Accreditation with ESTHER Ireland indicates that a partnership is committed to quality service delivery,…

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….

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…