An Operation Called Hope

By Aimee Lee Ball
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the December 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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In the desperately poor African country of Zimbabwe, an all-female team of medical miracle workers is changing (and often saving) lives by providing free reconstructive surgery to children with cleft lips and palates. Difficult? Yes. The best thing they'v

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