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Plastic and reconstructive testimonies

Families whose children were born with a cleft lip or palate, and patients treated for burns, hand injuries and other conditions that surgery can repair.

Testimonies

2 stories

  • Daniel after his cleft lip repair, and later during speech and language therapy.

    Cleft lip and palate(01)

    Daniel's journey from his first feeds to speech therapy

    Daniel was three days old and losing weight when his mother, Rehema, brought him to CoRSU. Nutrition support came first, then two operations, then speech and language therapy.

    “I could not believe that I continued to receive care without paying any money.”

    Rehema, Daniel's mother

    Care supported by Smile Train and Transforming Faces.

  • Nutrition support, surgery and therapy from one week old(02)

    Ezekiel's parents walked the journey together

    Ezekiel was one week old when his parents brought him to CoRSU. They never missed an appointment. In November 2024 he turned three, and the family came back to share his cake with staff.

    “Just do one thing for me, love your baby. Once you do that, the rest will be fine.”

    Bertha, nutritionist, to Ezekiel's mother at the Nutrition Clinic in 2022

    Care supported by Smile Train and Transforming Faces.

Before and after

More photographs of patients treated by this service.

  • Before: a baby with a cleft lip. After: the same baby after lip repair surgery.
    A baby before and after cleft lip repair.

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