Every year nearly 5,000 Filipino children are born with a birth defect called cleft. A medical condition that if left untreated can result in difficulty in speaking, talking, breathing, and other health complications. The children affected are also often subjected to bullying that affects their self-esteem and mental health. Families living in poverty cannot afford the expensive operation.
Fortunately, organizations, such as Rotaplast International, Operation Rainbow Australia and Faces of Tomorrow offer free cleft surgery. However, some families still cannot afford get access to the medical mission because of the cost of travel, food, lodging, and other expenses. Abounding in Love fills in the gap by providing the children’s needs before, during, and after cleft surgery.
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In the Philippines, over 4,000 children are born with cleft lip and/or palate every year.
Abounding in Love believes that free surgery should be attainable for all who need it.
Many Filipino children with unrepaired cleft are from extremely poor families.
Although there are organizations that provide free cleft lip and palate surgery, it's still a huge financial risk for a family living on less than $5 per day. This is not only due to travel expenses but also because their children are regularly denied surgery due to malnutrition or other health conditions. These barriers prevent thousands of children from getting the life-changing surgery they need.
Cleft lip/palate cases in the Philippines is a problem.
Free surgery is the solution.
Abounding in Love exists to fill the gap between them.
What We Do
1. We Find Children with Cleft
Our staff in the Philippines travels to municipal offices, clinics, and tiny “barangay” (neighborhood) authorities, to find children who need cleft lip or cleft palate surgery. Then we visit the family, talk to them, and discuss and document their needs.
“Abounding in Love provides transportation, lodging, healthy food, medical checkups, and other prerequisites for impoverished people affected by cleft so they can receive free, safe surgeries provided by organizations like Operation Smile”
-Operation Smile, Love Breaks Down Barriers