by Lisa Crist | Feb 13, 2020 | Misson Trip, Patients, Supporters, Volunteers
Global Smile Foundation (GSF) returned to San Salvador, El Salvador for our 17th mission of providing comprehensive cleft care free-of-charge to patients. Our team of volunteers spent 10 days at Benjamin Bloom Hospital where they screened patients, performed surgeries...
by Lisa Crist | Dec 28, 2019 | Donors, Foundation News, Make a difference, Misson Trip, Patients, Supporters
As 2019 comes to a close, we want to thank all of our volunteers, sponsors, and supporters for helping us change the lives of so many underserved patients born with clefts. In the past year alone, the following comprehensive cleft care services were made possible...
by Lisa Crist | Apr 23, 2019 | Donors, Make a difference, Misson Trip, Patients, Supporters
A team of 51 healthcare professionals and coordinators volunteered on the March 2019 medical mission to Guayaquil, Ecuador. The team was able to perform 86 cleft repairs, 823 dental procedures, 104 speech and feeding consultations, and 71 psychosocial counseling...
by Lisa Crist | Dec 18, 2018 | Make a difference, Misson Trip, Patients
When Oscar was born with a cleft lip and palate, his parents worried about how they would care for him. Not only is access to basic healthcare limited in El Salvador, but Oscar’s parents found little information about cleft. To make matters worse, they were...
by Bayan Jaber | Aug 7, 2018 | Misson Trip, Patients
“The overwhelming relief on the faces of the parents cannot be explained. You have to see it, & when you see it, you feel it.” Alek from Americares describes her life-changing experience joining GSF on a medical mission to El Salvador. Read her...
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