Our 2011 mission took us to Tagbilaran City on the Island of Bohol in the Philippines. This was a completely new part of the world for our team of 35 and what an amazing place it turned out to be. Many children in need of services received life-changing surgery...
An American Surgical Team, named Faces of Tomorrow (FOT), came to Tagbilaran City last January 14 to render free surgical services to Boholano children with facial deformities.
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17 year old Marvin Contiri came to our screening clinic in 2011 to have his bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate repaired and unfortunately we had to turn him away. He learned about the mission late and by the time he arrived our schedule was jam packed and we could not take any more patients. He returned in 2012 and this was his year.
During our 2011 mission to the Philippines we met 19 year old Irene. Irene has a severe cleft lip and palate. She also suffers from various neurological deficits leaving her severely delayed. She came to us with many family members as supporters. Our doctors examined her and as a team decided it would not be safe to operate on her because of unknown health risks.
11 year old Patrick "Captain America" touched the heart of every member of our team. He arrived at our clinic wearing a Captain America t-shirt and to our surprise speaking freely in English to our team. It was really special being able to communicate with him directly.