by Rachel Winer | Jul 31, 2014 | Stories
José Santino Guanco was born on May 15, 2013 in the village of La Reducción, in Tucumán province in Argentina. At seven months old, he was brought to Fundacion GAVINA by his mother. His mother was not given the a lot of information so she wasn’t aware of the...
by Rachel Winer | Jul 4, 2014 | Stories
Fabricio Corvalan is 9 years old. Born with a complete bilateral cleft, his first lip surgery occurred when he was two years old, followed by his palate surgery when he was three. His mother, Laura, found out her son had a cleft when he was born. She credits the...
by Rachel Winer | May 13, 2014 | Stories
Earlier this year, some members of the TF team visited the cleft team in Chennai, India and visited two of the project sites in Cheyyar and Cuddalore. A speech camp was held in Cheyyar and patients received speech assessments, dental screenings, and primary dental...
by Rachel Winer | May 6, 2014 | Stories
TF partners with Speech and Orthodontic specialists at Chennai’s Sri Ramachandra University (SRU) to Speech & Orthodontic care to rural families in the Thiruvannamalai & Cuddalore Districts. In India, a major barrier to providing comprehensive healthcare is...
by Rachel Winer | Jul 16, 2013 | Stories, Thailand and Laos
In Thailand, there is a need for more speech pathologists and audiologists. Recent data from the Thai Speech-Language and Hearing Association indicates that there are 58 speech pathologists and 60 audiologists treating a population of 68 million in 2013. Mahidol...
