by Kristian Wykes | Feb 1, 2023 | Comprehensive Cleft Care, Costa Rica
Speech Therapy Helps Rachel Flourish Eight-year-old Rachel and her family live atop a lush mountain in rural Costa Rica, about 30 minutes from the nearest town – Cartago. She enjoys taking care of her pet hamster, and playing on her swing outside in the fresh air. She...
by Kristian Wykes | Aug 26, 2022 | Comprehensive Cleft Care, Costa Rica
Bubbly Samantha's Journey with Cleft and Speech Therapy Samantha is an absolute chatterbox. She is a bubbly and energetic two-year-old, who loves meeting new people. When members of the Transforming Faces’ team visited her family in early April, we noticed this right...
by TF Admin | Apr 14, 2020 | Comprehensive Cleft Care, Costa Rica, News, Stories
Hospitals worldwide are being cleared to make space for intensive care patients, and physical distancing requirements and lockdowns have necessarily postponed all traditional community-based cleft care. During this stressful time, TF’s local partners are developing...
by Rachel Winer | Feb 7, 2019 | Costa Rica, Stories
In 2017, TF began our partnership with Asociacion LPH – an organization that works in collaboration with local health and education ministries to improve cleft care for children and young adults in Costa Rica. Over the past year, LPH and TF have expanded...
