Sagaing 2018 Team Member, Indra Tum, was Born and raised in Yangon, Myanmar (Formerly Burma) where she lived for 17 years and her parents still reside today. In 1988 she left home to attend school in Thailand as an international student and in 1991 moved to the United States to complete her undergraduate degree at Western Illinois University. She graduated...
More fun gala preparation…
A lot of preparation goes into an event like our 13th gala this upcoming April. We are making sure that every little detail is thought through and that the night will be a night to remember for each and every participant.
Dream Dream for Meng Meng
Day 3 of surgery is well underway. Yesterday a surgical team from Kunming arrived on the invitation of the hospital and CPWF, our Chinese partner, to ensure that all of the eligible patients would receive their cleft lip and palate surgery. Over the next two and half days, they will handle the overflow of qualifying cases that did not fit...
Our International Team in Zhaotong, China
Our International Team in Zhaotong, China! Myrna Sullivan OR nurse from USA, Li Xiaolin from CPWF in China, Lynn Chan anesthesiologist from Australia, and Li Bin anesthesiologist from China! Click Here for more stories from the Alliance for Smiles 2018 Zhaotong, China Mission!
Day Two in Zhaotong China
It’s Day Two in the OR for the Zhaotong 2018 mission. There are 7 surgeries on the schedule today, our first day for palate repairs. Patients range in age from 5 months to 12 years. Today was also the first day for rounds by the surgeons to see the patients from yesterday. They are recovering very well. There is one...