CLEFT CARE INTERNATIONAL

What they do

SURGERY: MANY LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES FACE A SHORTAGE of SURGEONS WHO SPECIALIZE IN PERFORMING CLEFT LIP and PALATE REPAIR. and EVEN WHERE SURGEONS ARE AVAILABLE, REPARATIVE SURGERY is OUT of REACH for MANY FAMILIES WITHOUT THE MEANS to PAY for SURGERY and ALL THE COSTS THAT SURROUND IT. TEAMS of VOLUNTEER SURGEONS, ANESTHESIOLOGISTS, NURSES, and OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS REGULARLY TRAVEL to LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES to PROVIDE THEIR SERVICES for FREE, BUT THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL COSTS for THE SURGERY, INCLUDING FACILITY FEES, THE COST of SUPPLIES and MEDICATION, and OTHER COSTS SUCH AS TRANSPORTING and HOUSING THE FAMILY FROM THEIR OFT-DISTANT HOMES to THE LOCATION of THE SURGERY. CLEFT CARE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORTS PROGRAMS THAT ORGANIZE, COORDINATE, and EXECUTE SURGICAL CLEFT MISSIONS.