2010 Cebu City, Philippines
Rotaplast Volunteers arrive
Cebu City, Philippines
Rotaplast volunteers arrived at Cebu Airport early today to be greeted by Cebu Port City Rotarians and their wives. Some of the volunteers were greeted as old friends, many were new to the Cebu mission, an... Read More »
Pre-clinic Day
Cebu City, Philippines
Nurse Practitioner Nan Madden and Pediatrician Dr. Greg Melnick see a young patient and her mom at today's Pre-Clinic at the Sian Tian Temple in Cebu, assisted by interpreter, Darren of Cebu. A constan... Read More »
Operating Day #1 at Vicente Sotto Memorial Hospital
Cebu City, Philippines
District 5020 Rotarian, Marnee Obendorf of Olympia, WA amuses our youngest patient of the day with a soft toy made by generous friends of Rotaplast in the US; he is in the caring arms of one of the ... Read More »
Operating Day 2 – on the ward.
Cebu City, Philippines
The wards were busy with post-op children and teens, and those awaiting their surgeries today, which is operating day #2. One of the Rotaract volunteers and President of the club, Ariel (Yeng) Alvarez offe... Read More »
Eljane – a few hours post-surgery
Cebu City, Philippines
After surgery yesterday, Eljane is feeling a little sore and her ready smile is not quite what it was when I first met her. That will change pretty soon. She was happy to have the company of Patient Ward C... Read More »
Reconnecting with Nelson
Cebu City, Philippines
Rotaplast affects different people in different ways. For some, it is the personal miracle of a repaired lip and palate, for others it’s the joy of helping to effect these repairs, but for one energetic ... Read More »
A Special Single-Parent Family
Cebu City, Philippines
When 5-year-old Kent was a baby, his parents separated. Kent and his older brother are being raised by their father as his mother had lost interest in this dear little boy with a cleft lip/cleft palate pro... Read More »
The Effects of Facial Disfigurement
Cebu City, Philippines
The face is a focus when it comes to physical attractiveness. This part of the body represents the person's identity and is the part most exposed to public view. Thus, whether a person is in general co... Read More »
Mission Accomplished
Cebu City, Philippines
Remember Angie? She is the young girl who had a missing lower lip due to a condition called NOMA. She had been brought to the clinic by a good samaritan woman who had found her living on the street. Here&#... Read More »
Another successful mission.
Cebu City, Philippines
The Cebu Rotaplast Mission is over for yet another year. Above, the PACU team Sandy, Emma and Marnee celebrate its success with their special bracelet cheer. This was the eighth year a team has travelled t... Read More »
Some of our Special Little People from CEBU
Cebu City, Philippines
Below are some before and after images of our special patients who were operated on in Cebu last week. It's early days yet, but within a few short weeks their lips will be healed and the... Read More »
Eljane – a few days post surgery at Cebu’s Vicente Sotto Medical Center
Cebu City, Philippines
You may remember we interviewed Eljane before her surgery. Above is the remarkable result four days after Dr. Janet Salomonsen performed a palate repair, a bilateral lip repair and nasal reconstruction. Go... Read More »
Some more of Cebu’s special little ones
Cebu City, Philippines
Because of the long, circuitous distances some of these children and their parents have traveled to receive surgical treatment, many do not make it back for the Final Clinic day – hence some of these... Read More »
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Team Member Highlight ...
Faridabad, India
Kevin Shultz is from the Portsmouth Rotary Club and this is his second Rotaplast Mission. During the pre-clinic phase of the Misson, Kevin was assigned to help with the photos. Each patient was assigned a ... Read More »
First Day of Clinic
Faridabad, India
I noticed this young woman and her baby early in the day on the first day of clinic. Here she is getting through the registration process where they mark the patient to prevent confusion. The next step in ... Read More »
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