We met 5 year old Nagalem during our 2020 Complex Surgical Programme. She was unable to receive treatment in Ethiopia, but over the course of 18 months we were able to arrange specialist treatment overseas as a result of international collaboration Read more
Three year old Tamirat's mother and father brought him to Bahir Dar for cleft palate surgery in February 2021 Read more
10 Year old Kitessa received treatment at the end of December for his cleft lip Read more
We met Meserat during our 2020 Complex Surgical Programme, she was born with a nasal deformity and had experienced bullying because she looked different to her peers. Meserat received complex facial reconstructive surgery and we also saw her grow in confidence throughout her operation and recovery journey Read more
Fikert travelled from a remote area of Oromia in October 2020 so that her son Fayisa could receive surgery for his cleft lip Read more
Read about how Ferhan was supported with our Covid Response Programme whilst he waited for surgery for his cleft palate Read more
Sariya travelled to Addis with her 10 month old daughter Indiya so she could receive treatment for her cleft lip. Sariya told us how their family had been affected by the pandemic Read more
At the beginning of October 2020, we were able to re-launch the mobilisation aspect of our cleft programme after an eight month pause due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Read Chala and Moibon's story Read more
We first met Hafis in 2016, in 2018 Project Harar's medical volunteer team, in collaboration with Yekatit 12 Government Hospital, was able to provide Hafis surgery. Read more
Four year old Yohanes was attacked by a hyena in his home town Harar leaving his face scarred and left eye closed. Yohanis had facial reconstructive surgery on the Project Harar Complex Mission 2020 Read more
We met Ahamed on a cleft mission in 2020, he was 18 years old when he finally accessed surgery for his cleft lip. Read more
Teyib and his mother travelled for two nights from one of the most remote areas in Oromia to access surgery for Teyib's cleft lip Read more