Cleft Palate Surgeries
Location: Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Partner: Smile Train
Project Description: Provide Ten Cleft Surgeries
Project Year: 2024
Field Report by Ruth Monalisa
The outreach program in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara Province operated on 22 children to repair cleft palate. These surgeries were performed at St. Carolos Borromeus Hospital in Kupang. Many more children are in need of this life changing surgery. However, many challenges due to the remoteness of the islands of Indonesia as well as limited resources limits the number of patients that can be treated.
Susannah Shafer, CEO of Smile Train wrote
“We recently heard from a hospital in Indonesia where over 20 children received new smiles! Your donations made that incredible work possible, but there are still 446 children in Indonesia alone who are waiting to receive their life-changing treatment.. To help address these children waiting for their turn to have life-changing cleft treatment, we are turning to generous donors like you - members of our Premier Circle.”
Our grant will provide ten cleft surgeries in Kupang, Indonesia.
