MEXICO CITY, Dec. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Operation Smile
Mexico was honored by President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto with
the 2016 National Volunteer and Solidarity Award, Mexico's highest honor awarded to non-profit
volunteer organizations accomplishing exceptional humanitarian
efforts. Operation Smile, which provides free, safe and effective
cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries around the world, has been
active within Mexico for ten years
and has impacted the lives of 2,200 patients and their families.
The organization was selected from a pool of 575 non-profit
candidates for this prestigious honor recognizing those
organizations that have enriched the lives of local communities.
President Enrique Peña Nieto presented the award in the Official
Residency of "Los Pinos" with key
members of the Operation Smile organization in attendance. They
included Benjamin Mijangos,
Executive Director of Operation Smile Mexico; Dr. Jose Guerrerosantos, Founder of Operation Smile
Mexico; Dr. William Magee, CEO and
Co-Founder, Operation Smile; Beth
Marshall, Senior Advisor for Latin
America, and Daniela Garcia,
a volunteer patient recruiter in the Chiapas region of Mexico. To learn more about Operation Smile
and its global healthcare efforts, visit
www.OperationSmile.org.
Contact:
Brianne Chai-Onn
212-715-1526
brianne@finnpartners.com
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