20 Years of Hope: Cui
In 1986, a tiny baby named Cui was born with a very wide bilateral cleft lip. As a result, her birth parents abandoned her in a rural field shortly after she came into the world. Thankfully, a man passing by that day found Cui bundled up near the dusty road. When he saw the tiny […]
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20 Years of Hope: Elyse
Back in 2006, when our work in China was only a few years old, an orphanage in central China reached out to us for help. They had recently received a baby born with a myelomeningocele, a severe form of spina bifida in which the spinal cord and nerves develop outside of the body. In ideal […]
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Guatemala Cleft Trip: Day Two
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 […]
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Meet Marcus and Mia
This week, we are working to raise the funds for 60 precious children in Guatemala who have been waiting for their cleft repair surgery. As you may have heard, we’re sending a highly skilled team of surgeons and staff to Guatemala for the first time later this year. We’re so glad we can play a […]
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Help a Child in Guatemala
Guatemala is a beautiful country in Central America that is deeply impacted by severe poverty. Child labor is common, with many children not receiving an education. Only 4% of children living in rural regions will ever graduate high school. Guatemala also has a very high rate of malnutrition, with one of two children suffering stunting […]
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Unity Initiative 2022: A Flurry of Hope
2022 began in a flurry of hope, thanks to supporters of our Unity Initiative. Our Unity Initiative exists to support impoverished families who are unable to provide medical care for their children. Without this program, many families in rural China would be unable to get their children the treatment they need.
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Standing with Mothers: Cleft Surgeries
Every year from 2004 to 2019, LWB sent a team of doctors overseas to help provide surgery for children born with cleft lip and palate. We’ve always been passionate about helping children born with this medical condition, and so we were of course disappointed when our 2020 cleft surgery trip to India had to be canceled due to COVID.
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