Operation Smile

About two months ago, an Operation Smile club began at our school, something that I am extremely excited and happy about. The Operation Smile is an organization that raises money to pay for the surgeries of children with cleft palates, and doctors volunteer to operate on these kids. Each surgery costs around 240 dollars, and our newly formed club at ISK aims to raise money for at least one of these surgeries this year. I was inspired when I heard about the work that this organization does to help these kids who are often rejected from their societies, and seeing as I want to be a doctor in the future, I immediately signed up to be a member of the ISK club. However, I did not just want to be a regular member, because I had some ideas that I believed could raise a lot of money for this organization, and I wanted to carry them out. Therefore, I ran for president, and was voted into this position. I was ecstatic about this, and immediately began to plan various fundraisers, the biggest of which will take place on Saturday the 14th of April.

For the past month, I, along with the other members of the Operation Smile club, have been organizing a concert in which the Composers' Club at ISK will perform, and adults who work for Operation Smile Mission in Kenya will talk about the organization. All the profits will go towards paying for the surgeries of the children. The planning for this concert has taken a great deal of effort from many of us, and those of us in particular who want this to be a success have put in 100% of our time and effort. We have had to arrange the venue, order all of the necessary decorations, prepare food and drinks, design tickets and posters, publicize the event around Nairobi, and sell tickets! The members of the Composers' Club have also been meticulously preparing their performances, as they want the event to be as successful as possible. So far, the planning is going very well, and we are getting a lot of interest. The upcoming week will be very stressful, but we hope that we will create a great night next Saturday!