by Rachel Winer | Aug 21, 2014 | Stories, Thailand and Laos
Su, pictured above, was born with a cleft lip and palate and was admitted to our project in 2006, when he was a year old. In Thailand, TF partners with Northern Women’s Development Foundation (NWDF). His parents are farmers with four children. Su’s sister,...
by Rachel Winer | Aug 19, 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. On a trip to India earlier this year, our team members met some of...
by Rachel Winer | Jul 29, 2014 | Stories
Junlawat Nithut was born on December 24, 2013 with a complete bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate. He and his family live in Amphur Kosumpisai, Mahasarakham Province, Thailand. When he was born, a nurse at Kosumpisai Hospital registered him online and referred him to...
by Rachel Winer | Jun 19, 2014 | Stories
We first brought you Susana & Taiel’s story in 2012. Upon hearing about the specialized cleft services, the family moved from their hometown of Salta, over 300 kilometres away, to our project in Tucumán to receive feeding and early stimulation assistance, as...
by Rachel Winer | Nov 29, 2013 | Stories
Last year, we introduced a little girl from Peru named Sayuri. She had just turned 1 and was visiting our Community Rehabilitation Centre (CRC) in Lima to receive speech stimulation and dentistry advice. Her mother also received counselling. Today, in part due to...
