Heidi Moser is a NICU nurse at the Mayo Clinic and part of our Haiti mission’s recovery team. We asked her a few questions during the mission to learn more…
Last month, Long (9 years old) and Xuan (8 months old) came to us from China to receive free surgeries provided by LEAP through our Landmark Program. Both children were abandoned…
Our relationship with Franchesca began in 1998 when LEAP Founder and Medical Director Dr. Craig Hobar performed a bilateral cleft lip repair for her as a baby while on a…
I was six years old when Dr. Craig Hobar performed the first cleft repair surgery on me. The entire LEAP team treated me like we were friends. I remember feeling very…
Samir is an adorable 5-month old who was one of several children evaluated by our Dominican Republic mission team currently serving in Santo Domingo. On our first surgery day, this…
After suffering from two separate injuries in Syria before fleeing her beloved country, 13-year-old Shareen came to our Lebanon Mission 2 surgical team for an evaluation. Shareen had an injury…
Story by Raj Godavarthi, LEAP Belize Team Member Osbin is amongst the cutest little boys we saw. He is nearly two years old and lives in Teakettle, Belize. Good fortune appeared…
Our happiest and most joyful patient today! Cerys captured our hearts while waiting for her surgery. We are so happy to report that she has done very well post-operatively and…
We are happy to share that Tenaka had his cleft lip and soft palate repair and did very well. While awaiting surgery, his mom beautifully sang Hosanna to comfort her…
Four-month-old Tenaka arrived for patient evaluation today. We soon learned his mother and aunt traveled 200 miles over two days, taking several buses to finally arrive at Harare Children’s Hospital….