´The Gift of a Smile´, a project sponsored by TESS Unlimited, is devoted to nurturing patients with cleft lip and palate, beginning in the pre-operative phase via nutritional intervention and medication. Once the patient’s health is stabilized, TESS makes contact with the doctor who will perform the surgery. After the operation, they continue to follow [...]
Tag Archives: Cleft
Upcoming Trips: Vanderbilt Children’s/Shalom Foundation (NEW DATES)
Posted by Laura on June 15, 2010
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Patient referrals are being accepted for the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital / The Shalom Foundation’s November 6-12 (trip was previously set for mid-September) plastic surgery trip to Guatemala City. Potential Procedures, by body region (not all-inclusive): Skin, scalp, soft tissue: Large nevi Subcutaneous masses Vascular malformations Wounds Masses Cleft lip and cleft palate Hand: Masses Congenital hand deformities [...]
Upcoming Trips: Vanderbilt Children's/Shalom Foundation (NEW DATES)
Posted by Laura on June 15, 2010
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Patient referrals are being accepted for the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital / The Shalom Foundation’s November 6-12 (trip was previously set for mid-September) plastic surgery trip to Guatemala City. Potential Procedures, by body region (not all-inclusive): Skin, scalp, soft tissue: Large nevi Subcutaneous masses Vascular malformations Wounds Masses Cleft lip and cleft palate Hand: Masses Congenital hand deformities [...]
Current Need: Cleft Palate in Santiago, Sacatepéquez
Posted by Laura on May 28, 2010
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A little girl, 20 months old has a cleft palate and has already had the lip repair, and needs phase 2 of her surgery. She doesn’t need special supplies or formula at this point. We are networking to find a cleft team that is going to be in Antigua or GC soon. Any ideas? [...]
Upcoming Trip: Gyn & Plastic Surgery
Posted by Laura on May 20, 2010
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Health for Humanity‘s surgical team is preparing for two upcoming surgery trips: Obras Sociales in Antigua, Nov 6th – 19th: Gyne general and plastic (cleft lip and palate) surgery. Hospital Hilario Galindo near Retalhuleu: Nov 11th – 18th doing Gyn surgery. Patients need to be registered with and assessed by the respective hospitals first. Contact information@healthforhumanity.org for more information.
Upcoming Trip: Gyn & Plastic Surgery
Posted by Laura on May 20, 2010
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Health for Humanity‘s surgical team is preparing for two upcoming surgery trips: Obras Sociales in Antigua, Nov 6th – 19th: Gyne general and plastic (cleft lip and palate) surgery. Hospital Hilario Galindo near Retalhuleu: Nov 11th – 18th doing Gyn surgery. Patients need to be registered with and assessed by the respective hospitals first. Contact information@healthforhumanity.org for more information.
Exchange: Patient Referrals – OB/Gyn & Clefts
Posted by Laura on May 6, 2010
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Agape in Action is currently accepting patient referrals for OB/Gyn surgery, and Plastic Surgery (clefts). The team will be in Quiche from June 13-17. Please click here for more details.
Exchange: Patient Referrals – OB/Gyn & Clefts
Posted by Laura on May 6, 2010
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Agape in Action is currently accepting patient referrals for OB/Gyn surgery, and Plastic Surgery (clefts). The team will be in Quiche from June 13-17. Please click here for more details.
Profile: Rotaplast International
Posted by Laura on April 21, 2010
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Rotaplast is a non-profit humanitarian organization that provides free multidisciplinary care for cleft lip and palate and other conditions requiring reconstructive surgery. They promote self-sufficiency in the countries where they work by training local physicians, counseling families, and collaborating with health officials on the development of sustainable cleft lip and palate programs. What is a [...]
Announcement: Shalom Foundation Upcoming Trips
Posted by Laura on April 5, 2010
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The following trips are being sponsored by and/or are associated with The Shalom Foundation. To find out more information, visit their website. All groups will work in Guatemala City. Clean Water Trip – Living Waters for the World Franklin Breakfast Rotary & Kingsport First Presbyterian Church April 28 – May 3, 2010 Team [...]
Urgent Need: Cleft Baby *UPDATED*
Posted by Laura on March 17, 2010
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Our friends at Casa de Sion have seen a baby today who needs some help. I believe that the family is in Solola, but we will have to confirm that with Vicki. Please read their report, and email Vicki at the address below, or click on the “Leave a Comment” link below, if you have [...]
Profile: Iowa M.O.S.T.
Posted by Laura on March 1, 2010
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Iowa MOST is a Rotary District 6000 initiative, which provides surgical repair for cleft lip and palate to individuals living in the western highlands of Guatemala. Without Iowa MOST, they would not be given this opportunity. District 6000 Rotarians have cultivated a strong collaborative partnership with their friends in the Rotary Club of Huehuetenango, Guatemala [...]
Update: Children of the Americas January 2010 Surgical Trip
Posted by Laura on January 31, 2010
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Children of the Americas has returned from their annual medical /surgical trip to Guatemala. While in Retalhuleu from January 16-22, COTA donated 128 general, orthopedic, obstetrical and plastic surgeries to the citizens of this western coastal region. Over 1,400 women and children were seen in our medical clinic and all patients received donated pharmaceuticals from the [...]
Profile: Evelyn’s Baskets
Posted by Laura on January 5, 2010
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September 1, 2007: Evelyn arrived with a severe cleft lip and palate. She and her parents were given much support from the midwife, doctors and nurses from the minute she was born. They recommended and located a specialty bottle, made for babies born with cleft lip/palate, so she would immediately be able to get the [...]
Profile: Evelyn's Baskets
Posted by Laura on January 5, 2010
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September 1, 2007: Evelyn arrived with a severe cleft lip and palate. She and her parents were given much support from the midwife, doctors and nurses from the minute she was born. They recommended and located a specialty bottle, made for babies born with cleft lip/palate, so she would immediately be able to get the [...]
Profile: Health for Humanity
Posted by Laura on October 15, 2009
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Health for Humanity is a Canadian-based volunteer organization that provides quality medical care, equipment and supplies to the poor of Guatemala and other developing countries. Health for Humanity currently sends multidisciplinary teams of volunteer health care professionals to Guatemala and the Philippines. In addition to the surgical program, Health for Humanity works with local NGOs [...]
Profile: Hearts in Motion
Posted by Laura on September 17, 2009
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The mission of Hearts In Motion is to provide care and medical treatment for children, families, and communities through its programs and sponsorships in the U.S., and Central and South America. An additional goal is to provide opportunities for individuals to participate in short-term mission experiences. The impact of the trip experience on each team [...]
Profile: Medical Missions for Children
Posted by Laura on September 1, 2009
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Medical Missions for Children (“MMFC”) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization providing free quality surgical, medical and dental care to poor and under-privileged children in various countries throughout the world. MMFC also facilitates the transfer of knowledge and recent innovations to the local medical communities. Since 2000, MMFC has traveled annually to Antigua, Guatemala, [...]
Profile: Children of the Americas
Posted by Laura on August 25, 2009
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Each January, Children of the Americas, Inc. sends a volunteer medical/surgical team to work in a different area of Guatemala. The duration of the trip is one week, and generally takes place in the second half of January. Click here to view a trip report from their 2010 visit to Retalhuleu. Children of the Americas, [...]