SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Background: A significant amount of children in Urabá were born with cleft lip and split palate, partly due to malnutrition levels among women and the early ages at which they get pregnant.
Project Description: For the past 8 years Fundaunibán has been providing integrated specialized care for children with cleft lip and split palate, through plastic surgery. The purpose is to help with the physical, physiological and social rehabilitation of the patients, with active participation from their family.
Impact: Fundaunibán has built a database that includes 460 children suffering from this problem in order to measure the impact. Up to now 136 children have benefited from surgery, 136 children that have a new life; surgery has not only changed their physical appearance but how they interact with other people.
Background: A significant amount of children in Urabá were born with cleft lip and split palate, partly due to malnutrition levels among women and the early ages at which they get pregnant.
Project Description: For the past 8 years Fundaunibán has been providing integrated specialized care for children with cleft lip and split palate, through plastic surgery. The purpose is to help with the physical, physiological and social rehabilitation of the patients, with active participation from their family.
Impact: Fundaunibán has built a database that includes 460 children suffering from this problem in order to measure the impact. Up to now 136 children have benefited from surgery, 136 children that have a new life; surgery has not only changed their physical appearance but how they interact with other people.
"Thank you for giving me
my life back and helping
me grow as a normal
person!"
- Erica Higuita, a 14 year old girl who benefited
from the surgery.
TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH