{"id":10022364,"date":"2023-11-17T16:20:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T14:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spaltkinder.org\/?p=10022364"},"modified":"2023-11-17T16:20:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T14:20:58","slug":"salman-and-ayan-from-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spaltkinder.org\/en\/cleft-children\/salman-and-ayan-from-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Salman and Ayan from Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During our first aid mission at the Karamara General Hospital in Jijiga (Ethiopia) <\/a>in November 2022, more than 200 families came seeking help for their children born with cleft lip and palate<\/a>. An overwhelming number, and too many to help them all in a single week of surgery. We promised to come back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No sooner said than done: in June 2023, we returned to treat the many children whose parents we didn’t have the time to help during the first mission. And even after this second aid mission, the waiting list is still long. Many families are still eagerly waiting for us to come back and help their children too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A family like many<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Families like Salman and Ayan’s. Salman was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. His little sister Ayan has a unilateral cleft lip and palate – a big shock for their parents. Both of their children now need qualified treatment in order to be able to live a life without health restrictions. A heavy burden for the young family, not just emotionally: everyday things like feeding can be much more difficult than that in children without cleft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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