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Unite for Smiles: Cleft Repairs

Posted on October 10, 2023

Supporters of our Unite for Smiles campaign from early summer raised $25,000 for our Unity Initiative! So far, these funds have enabled 16 children in China to have cleft lip or palate surgeries at Gansu Provincial Hospital. These children are from rural families unable to afford the cost of cleft repair surgery on their own. […]

20 Years of Hope: Our 1st Cleft Exchange, Dr. Padilla, and Sydney & Reagan

Posted on October 5, 2023

In late 2003, when Love Without Boundaries was just a few months old as a foundation, we were approached by a medical team that wanted to set up a cleft surgery mission to China. We never in a million years would have attempted something as complex as sending a team of physicians to a foreign […]

20 Years of Hope: Ruth

Posted on September 28, 2023

A beautiful little girl came into this world in the summer of 2017 in a rural community in eastern China. Sadly, at just a few weeks old, she was abandoned into orphanage care — most likely because she had been born with a cleft lip and palate. Thankfully, the director at this baby’s orphanage had […]

Why Cleft Lip and Palate Need to be Repaired

Posted on June 27, 2023

Just one year after Love Without Boundaries was organized as a charity in 2003, we organized our very first cleft trip to China. During this first trip, over 50 babies and children born with cleft lip and palate were healed by a team of American medical professionals who generously donated their time and expertise. This LWB model […]

20 Years of Hope: Liane

Posted on March 15, 2023

Born in 2013, Liane came to the attention of our China staff when she was one year old. She was living in a rural area of China with her grandparents while her parents sought work far away in a city. Liane had been born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate which greatly hampered her […]

The Final Day of our Guatemala Cleft Trip

Posted on December 10, 2022

Greetings from lovely, colorful Antigua on the last day of our 2022 Guatemala Cleft Trip. It is always bittersweet to say a final goodbye to the families we have come to know and care about so deeply, but it was time for them to begin their long journeys back to their villages. When a shy […]

Guatemala Cleft Trip: Day Five

Posted on December 9, 2022

Hola once more from the beautiful town of Antigua, Guatemala! Today is the last full day of surgeries on our Guatemala Cleft Trip. For the past two days, we have been able to run three operating rooms. Before we tell you some of the stories of the children today, let’s head over to morning rounds […]

Guatemala Cleft Trip: Day Three

Posted on December 7, 2022

Buenos días from the beautiful town of Antigua, Guatemala. Our team has fallen in love with the warm hospitality of everyone here, so definitely add it to your travel bucket list! Our cleft team has noticed that there is something extra wonderful about walking to the hospital while looking at the magnificent Agua Volcano. The […]

Guatemala Cleft Trip: Day Two

Posted on December 6, 2022

Hola, everyone! Welcome to day two of our 2022 LWB Guatemala Cleft Trip. We left for the hospital at 6 a.m. this morning, and the normally bustling streets of Antigua were quiet and peaceful as we walked. The first day of surgeries is always a very special one, as team members get to know each […]

Guatemala Cleft Trip: Day One

Posted on December 5, 2022

Hola from the beautiful city of Antigua, Guatemala! Our 2022 Guatemala cleft trip officially got underway today, and over the next week, we will be sharing stories and photos of what our wonderful supporters have made possible. Before we do that, we want to share a little bit about the site of our surgeries. The […]

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