by Rachel Winer | Mar 17, 2017 | Stories, Thailand and Laos
We know that a long-term, comprehensive approach is essential in ensuring that children born with cleft lip and palate can build happy, healthy lives. At Transforming Faces, we work with local teams to provide care that begins when babies are born, and...
by Rachel Winer | Sep 14, 2016 | Stories, Thailand and Laos
This article was submitted by TF volunteer, Sara Martinez, and originally published on Speech-Language and Audiology Canada’s blog, Communiqué. Camps, curriculums and mobile phones. These are a few of the ways a small Canadian cleft lip and palate charity is trying...
by Rachel Winer | Jul 29, 2016 | Stories, Thailand and Laos
At two days old, Naratip Yawirach was admitted into our partner project in Chiang Rai, Thailand. She was born with cleft lip and cleft palate which came as a shocking surprise to her parents, Auiy and Than. Naratip’s parents struggled to cope with this news and felt...
by Rachel Winer | Jun 24, 2016 | Stories, Thailand and Laos
Many of the patients that we work with in Thailand come from migrant families who face language and travel barriers to access care. Tanchanid is one of these patients.She was born in 2006 with a cleft lip and palate to Chinese migrant parents. Her mother, Na Fa Muser,...
by Rachel Winer | Mar 31, 2016 | Stories, Thailand and Laos
Northern Thailand has one of the highest incidences of cleft lip and palate in the world. However, the region lacks the health infrastructure needed to deliver long-term, comprehensive cleft care. Since 1999, Transforming Faces has partnered with Northern...
