{"id":10029882,"date":"2025-03-10T11:44:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T10:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spaltkinder.org\/from-our-projects\/ayla-1-year\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T15:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:42:07","slug":"ayla-1-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spaltkinder.org\/en\/cleft-children\/ayla-1-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayla, 1 year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ayla<\/strong> was born in February 2023 with a cleft lip and palate in Luanda, the capital of Angola. Due to her bilateral cleft lip and palate<\/a>, the little baby struggles to latch properly while breastfeeding. Ayla’s mother searches for help and never gives up. After a year and a half, she learns about BelaRisu<\/strong>, a Kenyan cleft aid organization. From December 9 to 14, the team from the BelaRisu Foundation<\/strong> is in Lubango to perform surgeries on cleft patients at Hospital Central. The mission is funded by the Deutsche Cleft Kinderhilfe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

Angola is a vast country, about three and a half times the size of Germany. Lubango is 900 kilometers away from Luanda, where Ayla and her family live. Despite the challenging two-day journey, the excitement is immense, and with great confidence, Ayla’s mother accompanies her little daughter to the preliminary examinations. The very next day, Ayla can undergo surgery! The operation goes well, and Ayla\u2019s bilateral cleft lip is closed. A new face for Ayla\u2014and a huge step into a new future for the entire family.<\/p>\n\n

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