# Major US children's charity criticised

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1999/11/25/major-us-children039s-charity-criticised/
- Published: 1999-11-25T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Operation Smile, the large US charity that provides facial reconstructive surgery
to children in the developing world, has been accused of neglecting safety standards
during operations. 
The accusations, sent anonymously by e-mail, have already reported
to have damaged the charity’s fundraising. The charity said that it was “the target
of what can only be described as a vicious smear campaign,” arguing that the charges
were “false and grossly distorted.” Read the [report](http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,107356,00.html)
by Martin Kettle in The Guardian.

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