Successful conclusion: nine busy days have come to an end. What is the outcome of our current mission in Somalia?
For many years, Oliver Blume and Gunther Au-Balbach have been helping children with cleft deformities in East Africa. They set off again in 2024.
When developing our project to treat children with cleft lip and palate in Somalia and Ethiopia, our plan from the...
After a temporary sharp drop, we were able to help more children with cleft lip and palate in Afghanistan again in 2023.
We have been helping children with cleft lip and palate in Peru since 2006. Over the years, we have been able to make almost 5,000 operations possible.
We congratulate our partner organization Jiwaqui from Bolivia on the occasion of their tenth anniversary! Thank you for your work for cleft children in Bolivia!
At the end of 2023, the Ethiopian surgeon Dr. Samater completed specialist training in Pakistan - a major milestone for our work in the Horn of Africa.
For the first time, all of our four cleft care partners in Bolivia sat down together to discuss our help for children with cleft lip and palate in the country.
Our Peruvian team regularly travels throughout Peru to treat cleft patients. In August, they went to the Andean town of Huanuco.
Our team in Bangladesh is growing: Dr. Masfiquer has completed his advanced cleft surgeon training. Welcome aboard!
In June 2023 we visited our nascent project to treat cleft patients in Ethiopia. This is our second project visit since November 2022.
The Jiwaqui organization of our partner Dr. Adolfo Mamani is our largest partner in the treatment of cleft lip and palate in Bolivia.