31-year-old Abdullah had his first cleft operation at 2 years when his palate was repaired. And it wasn’t until he was 20 that he was able to have his lip repaired. Unable to afford any further treatment, Abdullah has now waited 10 years for what he hopes would be his final surgery by AfS. Abdullah...
10/23/2019 Today our amazing team completed 8 surgeries. 3 lips, 4 palates and 1 lip+palate. Today we are featuring 3 year old Bhone Myat Zin. Bhone is also from Mandalay. Mandalay is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. It’s located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 716 km (445 mi) north of...
10/22/2019 Today our amazing team completed 8 surgeries. 1 rhinoplasty, 6 palates, and 1 lip + palate. Today we are featuring 8-month-old Thaw Zin Tun. Thaw is from Mandalay. Mandalay is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. It’s located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 716 km (445 mi) north of Yangon....
10/21/2019 Today our amazing team completed 8 surgeries. 3 lips, 4 palates, and 1 lip + palate. Today we are featuring 4-year-old Phu Thit Wai. Another walk-in success story. Phu is from Zalon, in the Pin Pone Township, Myanmar. Zalon is the central part of Myanmar. Phu Thit traveled with her grandmother Shwe Thet &...
10/19/2019 Today our amazing team completed 9 surgeries. 7 lips, and 2 additional oral procedures. Today we are featuring 5-month-old Yati Hlun Htun. A walk-in success story. Yati Hlun is from Pyar Pone, Sanchaung Township, Myanmar. Pyar Pone is in the north-central part of Yangon. Yati Hlun traveled with her mother Saung Yadi via car...
10/18/2019 Today we are featuring 4 year old Khay Hlynn Sai from Nalong Village, Thiabaw, Myanmar. Nalong Village is on the northwestern boarder of Myanmar and China. Khay Hlynn traveled over 20 hours via bus with his mother Lait Sai. When asked about her travels to Yangon and Victoria Hospital she said it was very...
10/17/2019 Today we are featuring 2 year old Aye Nyein Thu from Mawlamyine. Mawlamyine is the fourth largest city of Mayanmar, 300 km south east of Yangon. Aye Nyein traveled via bus for over 6 hours with her mother Daw Khin Thein and father Aye Nyein. We love her beautiful new smile. In addition, we...
10/15/2019 Amazing arrival and visit on Sunday night. Our first and second days Triange, clinic, screening and surgeries have been a huge success! We completed 10 surgeries, 9 lips and 1 lip+palate.
Bonifacio, 35 is a construction worker. Long-time before our team came to Manila he spoke with his employer, construction engineer Teodoro Carlos Tanega that he would like to have surgery of his cleft lip. After our press conference in Manila, Teodoro saw our advertising in the Manila Times that we are coming to Manila doing...
