Official 2020 Complex Surgical Programme Film

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Help to give hope for the New Year to families like Abel's!

When a child is provided with cleft treatment, you not only change their lives, giving them a chance at a happy and hopeful future, you also touch the lives of so many others. Abel and his mother's story is just one example of the impact your donations can have. Abel's treatment now means that his mother will be able to return to school and finish her education, enabling her to provide for her family and give back to her community.
2022 Highlights

Take a look at our 2022 highlights, to see how your support helped to changes lives this year.
Abel's Story

When Abel's mother fell pregnant, she had to drop out of school, but she hoped that after his birth she would be able to return to pursue her dream of getting an education. However, when Abel was born with a cleft lip and palate, she realised that he would require additional care that would prevent her from returning to school. After hearing from a local doctor about Project Harar, Abel received the life-changing surgery he needed and his mother can now achieve her dream of going back to school
Amen's Story

Amen came to Arba Minch General hospital to receive surgery for his cleft lip, he is four months and two weeks old and came with his mother and father. The family found out about Project Harar’s programme from Facebook, his mother told us that her “husband uses the app and he saw one of the posts on Facebook and we followed up on the date of the mission. After that we travelled here so Amen can get his surgery.”

Why do people with facial difference face stigma in rural Ethiopia?

People with facial differences across the world may face stigma. Where we work — in rural and remote areas of Ethiopia, stigma is prevalent amongst the people we meet who are living with facial difference and accessing our services. Read more here.
Wendemeh at 15 years old accesses cleft treatment

Wendemeh and his brother Gatkuoth travel to the Debre Markos specialised hospital in Amhara to receive treatment for the first time at 15 years old. He and Gatkuoth recount their experiences pre-surgery, and how important it is to destigmatise cleft lip and palate and continue to spread awareness and educate people and schools.
Kumaaol recieves speech therapy after surgery

In 2021, Kumaaol was received at Yekatit-12 Hospital through Project Harar's services for access to surgical treatment and speech therapy sessions. Read on about his time at the hospital in Addis Ababa, and later on partaking in speech therapy sessions with the support of health workers and his family...
Wendemeh at 15 years old accesses cleft treatment

Wendemeh and his brother Gatkuoth travel to the Debre Markos specialised hospital in Amhara to receive treatment for the first time at 15 years old. He and Gatkuoth recount their experiences pre-surgery, and how important it is to destigmatise cleft lip and palate and continue to spread awareness and educate people and schools.
Teeth Brushing

During our 2020 Complex Surgical Programme in collaboration with Yekatit-12 Government Hospital, Videographer, Amy Sargeant made a series of short films for us, capturing the daily rituals of people who had came to access services from Project Harar
Stories from our Cleft Programme

A film about families who had travelled from remote areas of Ethiopia to access treatment for cleft lip and palate. This is our first ever film about our cleft programme, filmed in February 2020
Coffee Ceremony

During our 2020 Complex Surgical Programme in collaboration with Yekatit-12 Government Hospital, Videographer, Amy Sargeant made a series of short films for us, capturing the daily rituals of people who had came to access services from Project Harar
Nail Bar

During our 2020 Complex Surgical Programme in collaboration with Yekatit-12 Government Hospital, Videographer, Amy Sargeant made a series of short films for us, capturing the daily rituals of people who had came to access services from Project Harar
Meet the Pre-Op Team

Meet our pre-op team from our 2020 Complex Surgical Programme in collaboration with Yekatit-12 Government Hospital, Addis Ababa
About Our Cleft Work

A short film about our cleft and outreach programme

Our Founder's Story

Read about our Founder, Jonathan Crown.
Volunteering Opportunities: Medical Professionals

Find out about volunteering opportunities with Project Harar if you are a medical professional.
Nutrition in Ethiopia: Teff

First up in our blog series on nutrition in Ethiopia: Teff, what is it? What can you make from it? And what is it's nutritional value...
Ethiopia

We work across 5 regions of Ethiopia.
Our UK and Ethiopian Team

Meet our team in Ethiopia and the UK
Our November Gala Dinner 2018

Join us for our annual Gala Dinner on Saturday 24th November!
Our Partners
Privacy Policy

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Our Impact

We have provided access to treatment for more than 8,000 patients with cleft and complex facial disfigurements since we were founded in 2001. Read more about the impact of our work.
Spotlight on Cherubism

As part of our Complex Surgical Mission, we treat patients who have very severe cases of facial disfigurement. Some of these include Noma, large facial tumours known as Ameloblastomas, Trismus (Lockjaw) and abnormal bone tissue growths such as Cherubism. This article discusses Cherubism, a rare genetic condition which has affected some of our patients.