by Rachel Winer | Mar 6, 2014 | Stories
In Ghana, Nigeria and Ethiopia, the PACT project supports local surgeons and specialists in the development and delivery of advanced training programs in plastic surgery, anaesthetic nursing and speech therapy. This project is coordinated by Seattle Children’s...
by Rachel Winer | Mar 4, 2014 | Stories
Partners in African Cleft Training (PACT) hosted a Training Workshop focused Cleft Anaesthesia from September 24 to October 5, 2013 at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Trainers, from Nigeria and Seattle, assisted the eight participants, from Ghana,...
by Rachel Winer | Oct 17, 2013 | Stories
In Ethiopia, about one in every 600 babies is born with cleft lip and palate. Most patients are older children and adolescents, and there is an urgency to provide treatment before adulthood so that they can learn to communicate, perform at school and become...
by Rachel Winer | May 30, 2013 | Stories
Thank you, dear doctor (holistic treatment song) Thank you, dear doctor for fixing my face. Grateful I’ll be till the end of my days! In spite your success I’ve something to tell, that when I’m speaking, I’m not doing well. The words get...
by Rachel Winer | May 27, 2013 | Fundraising, Stories
Transforming Faces, as well as 20 of our partners from 7 projects, attended the 12th International Cleft Congress on cleft lip and palate and related craniofacial anomalies from May 5 – 10, 2013 in Orlando, Florida. This allowed our partners to learn, present their...
