by Rachel Winer | Jan 1, 2014 | News
THANK YOU for your support over the past year! You have helped us transform lives & assist partners in 8 developing countries. Our sincerest thanks goes out to the dedicated surgeons, audiologists , dentists, nurse co-ordinators, orthodontists, social workers...
by Rachel Winer | Nov 27, 2013 | Chile, Stories
In early September, some of the the TF team travelled to Santiago, Chile to meet with representatives from Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna (HLCM) and Fundación Gantz, a Chilean non-profit organization with a full cleft team and clinic, to discuss capacity building...
by Rachel Winer | Nov 20, 2013 | Stories
Jowel Francisco Admans Fernandez runs around the small room and curiously inspects a bookshelf full of comics. His mother scolds him to stay seated. He flashes her a grin and continues to run around the small two room clinic. Jowel, pictured here at 1 year and 2...
by Rachel Winer | Nov 18, 2013 | Stories, Thailand and Laos
Our Thai project originated as a response to the need for cleft lip and palate surgery for children from tribal groups in Northern Thailand, where many families cannot afford the costs of surgery and rehabilitation. Many do not hold Thai identity cards or are migrant...
by Rachel Winer | Nov 11, 2013 | Stories
Jesica, aged 15, was born with a complete unilateral cleft lip and palate. She had her first lip repair surgery when she was a year old and in the years that followed, she underwent six more surgeries. She’s been a patient at the Gavina Foundation, TF’s...
