Operation Smile Argumentative Essay

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The inability and inaccessibility for some people in this world to not have access to the most basic necessities in life completely outrages me. These necessities include food, water, and shelter but also equally important is the access to standard medical care. Operation Smile, an organization close to my heart and one I have spent a large amount of time working with, goes into third world countries and provides medical care, specifically cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries. I was fortunate enough to go on an Operation Smile mission to Wenshan, China last June. During the mission the volunteer medical team screened, an in depth medical check up, just under 220 children and adults and operated on 129 patients. I was able to see first hand