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…
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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….
LEAP’s mission trip to Zimbabwe is just around the corner! Our nurse leadership team includes Circulator Co-Leads Sarah Roffler, RN and John Faulkner, RN (pictured right) and Recovery Lead Erika Grimes,…
LEAP’s mission trip to Zimbabwe is just around the corner! Leading our anesthesia team is pediatric anesthesiologist Dr. Elizabeth Richards (Brisbane, Australia; pictured left). This will be her fourth LEAP mission. Dr. Richards…
LEAP’s mission trip to Zimbabwe is just around the corner! Leading our entire team of 25 volunteers is pediatric craniofacial plastic surgeon Dr. Eric Payne (Houston, pictured right), who will be working…
We need your help! LEAP Global Missions believes that every child counts, so much so that we have traveled 100,000 miles this year to reach children living in impoverished regions…
Dr. Giorgio Giatsidis, a plastic surgeon from Italy, recently traveled with LEAP to Zimbabwe. He is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School in Boston. He heard about...
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The hospital nurses and matrons shared a Goodbye Ceremony with our team. Pastor Shannon of Celebration Ministries welcomed and thanked everyone for such a successful outreach. Matrons Cecilia and Mandela…
One of LEAP's greatest opportunities in the mission field is to provide additional education to local medical professionals. This often includes our physicians and nurses speaking on relevant topics in...
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Team Zimbabwe has completed the first surgical day! We are working in two operating rooms, one led by team leader and plastic surgeon Dr. Evan Beale and the other by…